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Company: Tyson Foods
Current Parent Company: Tyson Foods
Penalty: $915,765
Year: 2015
Date: December 17, 2015
Offense Group: employment-related offenses
Primary Offense: employment discrimination
Secondary Offense: racial discrimination
Violation Description: This case, which began as a lawsuit over the failure to promote any of a group of African-American supervisors when filling an opening for plant manager, ended up as a controversy over the use of ther term "boy" when referring to one of the supervisors. After numerous proceedings at the appellate level, that supervisor was allowed to keep a $364,049 verdict and his lawyers ultimately were awarded $551,716 in fees and costs.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Alabama
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 4:96-cv-3257
Case Name: Ash, et al v. Tyson Foods, Inc, et al
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: verdict
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arkansas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: food products
Specific Industry of Current Parent: poultry processing and meatpacking
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.