Court Upholds Ruling Against Whirlpool Manufacturer Found to Have Retaliated Against Worker Over Lawsuit

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INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Court of Appeals has sided with an ex- employee of Whirlpool Corp. who said the company's Evansville plant fired her in retaliation for filing a racial-discrimination complaint.

In a 19-page decision Monday, the appeals court affirmed the earlier rulings of the Vanderburgh County-Evansville Human Relations Commission and Circuit Court Judge Carl Heldt, who both had found that Whirlpool's termination of employee Harriett Layne was retaliatory.

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Court Upholds Ruling Against Whirlpool Manufacturer Found to Have Retaliated Against Worker Over Lawsuit

The commission previously had ordered Layne be reinstated and reimbursed $113,137 in lost wages. Debby Castrale, Whirlpool's manager of employee relations said the company has not decided whethe...

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