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Sacked female drivers win damages

AFEDERAL judge has awarded damages to three Minnesota women who sued after they were sacked from their chauf­feur jobs because a Saudi prince wanted only male drivers.

US District Judge Joan Er­icksen on Thursday awarded US$130,000 each to Gretchen Cooper, Barbara Herold and lisa Boutelle. in november, Ericksen ruled in favor of the three women, who filed a gen­der discrimination lawsuit in 2012 in Minneapolis.

The women received US$100,000 each for mental an­guish and suffering under the Minnesota Human Rights act, the Star Tribune reported. Er­ickson doubled the US$15,000 that each woman sought for wage loss, to US$30,000, but did not grant punitive damages.

The women were among 40 drivers hired in October 2010 to chauffeur Prince abdul-Rahman bin aziz, his family and friends. The law­suit alleged the prince and his entourage told the companies they wanted male chauffeurs.


 

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