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The Employer Appealed a $1 Million Punitive Award. The Third Circuit Made It $2 Million.

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he company had an anti-harassment policy, trained its employee-relations manager to investigate complaints, and opened one. Then it assigned the accused supervisor to counsel the employee who complained about him.

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DR: The only Black employee in an office reported racist conduct by her supervisor. The investigation skipped a key witness, failed to address threats intended to discourage HR complaints, and did not discipline the supervisor for his own discriminatory conduct.

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