A racial-discrimination lawsuit against Rutgers University at New Brunswick has been settled out of court, with the university agreeing to pay four groundskeepers $71,875 apiece in lost wages and their lawyers more than $300,000 in fees, according to The Star-Ledger, in Newark, N.J. The groundskeepers, three of whom are black and one Hispanic, filed suit in 2006, accusing the university of denying them promotions and ignoring a noose found hanging on the campus. A spokesman for the university said it was “pleased” with the resolution.
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3 Responses to Rutgers U. Settles Groundskeepers’ Race-Bias Lawsuit
drangie - December 1, 2009 at 7:24 pm
It’s hard not to notice that the lawyers got more than those against whom the institution discriminated!
11175795 - December 2, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I agree with drangie. The lawyers have struck again at the expense of the less fortunate. Perhaps they will share their wealth with some of the unemployed lawyers now looking for work.CWP
allens - December 3, 2009 at 8:35 pm
The biggest problem with Rutgers groundskeeping, at least at the New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses, is that it gets too much money in comparison to other, more vital things – like academics. (The case is similar with sports). They may well _also_ be stupid/unethical enough to be doing discrimination, of course…