A jury sided with a former State Parks employee who said the agency treated him unfairly in part due to his Mexican heritage, awarding him $2.3 million.
A jury awarded a former California State Parks employee nearly $2.3 million after a trial laid bare claims that the agency and a former boss discriminated against him for his Mexican heritage and retaliated when he spoke up while employed in the department's Malibu region. 'It could lay a foundation for other people behind me to have a fair shake,' plaintiff Angel Alba said Monday.
” In the verdict, all claims were supported — known formally as causes of action — except one, which was disability discrimination, according to Anderson. Jurors split 11to 1 in favor of Alba's claim of racial discrimination against the state, Anderson said. 'It's hopefully opened the doors here for some of the Hispanic groups that have still, as Angel , they're still being shut out,' Anderson said. 'But hopefully the district wakes up now.
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