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Company: Herald Newspaper, Inc.
Penalty: $14,994
Year: 2001
Date: June 18, 2001
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: discriminatory practices (non-employment)
Violation Description: The Complaint alleged that The Herald Newspaper Inc., Foster, Hunter, and Spiegel printed and published discriminatory advertisements that limited the rental of housing accommodations based on familial status. Among other things, the Hearing Examiner's Report recommended that the Commission award Complainant $4,069.25 in actual damages and assess Respondents $8,000 in punitive damages. For all of the foregoing reasons, the Hearing Examiner recommends that the Commission's Final Order in Complaint #8622 include an Order requiring Respondents to pay $2,925 in attorney's fees to the Office of the Ohio Attorney General.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Ohio Civil Rights Commission
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Ohio
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