Workplace bias suits rise in 1990s under new federal laws
Private discrimination lawsuits in U S workplace cases tripled through the 1990s, the Justice Department says. Civil rights complaints more than doubled from 1990 to 1998, rising from 18 793 to 42 354 with private parties driving most employment action. Government lawsuits declined as plaintiff bias accusations shifted.
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New Civil Rights Laws Spark Surge in Job Bias Suits
Litras notes that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Civil Rights Act of 1991 spurred a wave of job bias lawsuits. The 1991 law amended five federal discrimination statutes, allowed compensatory and punitive damages in some cases, and permitted jury trials for monetary claims, broadening what counts as discriminatory practice. Employment cases rose to 65 percent of civil rights filings.
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U.S. Soldier Charged In Kosovo Child Death Case
Staff Sgt. Frank J. Ronghi of Fort Bragg faces murder and indecent acts with a child charges after an 11 year old ethnic Albanian girl was found dead near Vitina Kosovo. The incident marks the first such crime by a peacekeeper since NATO entered Kosovo and fuels tense civilian peacekeeper relations.
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Fatalities draw spotlight to Irish Traveler clan
A Dallas crash that killed five young cousins brings scrutiny to the Greenhorn Irish Travelers. Police question identities amid age discrepancies. family and spokesman deny fraudulent accusations against the private group, which numbers about 7,000 in the United States.
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Museum to display King murder evidence in Memphis
The National Civil Rights Museum will show evidence linking James Earl Ray to Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 assassination. The exhibit includes Ray’s rifle and investigative reports, including a civil court verdict backing claims of a conspiracy. Detective materials and a new DOJ inquiry will also be featured.
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