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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4055183" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p><h3>Former Starbucks manager wins $25.6 million in suit alleging she was fired for being White</h3><p></p><p>June 14 (UPI) -- A federal jury has ordered Starbuck's to pay $25.6 million to former regional manager Shannon Phillips, who alleged she was fired because she's White.</p><p></p><p>The jury awarded $600,000 in compensatory damages plus $25 million in punitive damages. Jurors said Starbucks violated Phillips' civil rights.</p><p></p><p>Phillips was fired in 2018 in the wake of two Black men getting arrested after sitting at a table at the Starbucks Spruce Street location in Philadelphia to wait for a business associate.</p><p></p><p>The men settled <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/05/02/Two-men-settle-with-Starbucks-Philadelphia-after-arrest/4891525305794/" target="_blank">their case</a> against Starbucks for an undisclosed sum and also settled with the city of Philadelphia.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/06/14/Starbucks-Shannon-Phillips-wins-suit/7191686771337/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 4055183, member: 5412"] [HEADING=2]Former Starbucks manager wins $25.6 million in suit alleging she was fired for being White[/HEADING] June 14 (UPI) -- A federal jury has ordered Starbuck's to pay $25.6 million to former regional manager Shannon Phillips, who alleged she was fired because she's White. The jury awarded $600,000 in compensatory damages plus $25 million in punitive damages. Jurors said Starbucks violated Phillips' civil rights. Phillips was fired in 2018 in the wake of two Black men getting arrested after sitting at a table at the Starbucks Spruce Street location in Philadelphia to wait for a business associate. The men settled [URL='https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/05/02/Two-men-settle-with-Starbucks-Philadelphia-after-arrest/4891525305794/']their case[/URL] against Starbucks for an undisclosed sum and also settled with the city of Philadelphia. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/06/14/Starbucks-Shannon-Phillips-wins-suit/7191686771337/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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