On one occasion, the Daily Mail notes, “an employee yelled that all black people should be shot.”
According to the employees’ lawsuit, which was filed in 2010, things became unbearable in 2007 when Leslie Capra became the station manager. The lawsuit claimed that Capra was “more openly hostile toward black employees.” As such, working conditions quickly deteriorated.
The verdict, which was handed down Wednesday, “includes $13 million in punitive damages, $318,000 in back pay for workers who were fired for being black and another $650,000 for emotional distress,” according to the Denver Post.
Stacey Campbell, an attorney for Matheson, says the company “prides itself on hiring and employing a highly diverse workforce consisting of men and women of different races and cultures” and plans to appeal the decision, according to the Post.
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