‘Move Faster, Boy!’: Federal Judge Slashes $238M Jury Award to $39M for Black UPS Driver Whose Manager Barked Orders, Called Him a Racist Term. Now UPS Fights to Bring Damages to Zero
A federal judge has weighed in on the $238 million jury verdict won by a former Black United Parcel Service (UPS) worker in September, ruling that $198 million in punitive damages a jury in Yakima, Washington, awarded was unreasonable and not supported by evidence in the case. U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice allowed the jury’s…
