Federal Jury Awards EEOC More Than $1.6M In Disability Bias Case

(February 9, 2024, 12:49 PM EST) -- SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A federal jury in New York returned a $1,675,000 verdict on Feb. 8 for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a case in which it accused a distribution company of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it failed to interview and hire a deaf applicant....