Newton Independent
Whirlpool Corporation has been ordered to pay more than $1 million to a former employee in a race and sex discrimination lawsuit, a Kansas City-based online business magazine reported late last week.
The suit was filed on behalf of an African American woman who complained Whirlpool failed to protect her from persistent harassment by a white male coworker at the company's LeVergne, Tenn. facility, which ultimately resulted in her being physically assaulted by him.
Whirlpool argued that since it had posted a policy prohibiting harassment, the company had relieved itself of any responsibility for the woman's injuries.
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