An African American medical technician at a Kansas City hospital alleges in a lawsuit that a white co-worker called him “boy” and referred to another black employee as “Aunt Jemima.” Trevor Baston accuses St. Luke’s Physician Group and St. Luke’s ...

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An attorney representing a group of black customers who say they were asked to change tables at a Chicago-area Buffalo Wild Wings because of their skin color urged the restaurant chain to make wholesale changes to avoid a discrimination lawsuit. ...

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Kansas City officials have approved settlements totaling $544,000 for two city employees who claimed discrimination.

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Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch brokerage won final court approval of a $160 million settlement of a lawsuit in which it was accused of denying black financial advisers the same opportunities as their white counterparts.

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A Boston federal jury ruled against a former Ropes & Gray associate who alleged the law firm retaliated when he complained of racial discrimination after failing to make partner, the National Law Journal reported.

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Bank of America Corp. was ordered to pay $2.2 million to black job applicants who were unfairly rejected for teller and clerical positions in a case spanning almost two decades.

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Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by black financial advisers.

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Sgt. David Bonenberger alleged he was passed over for a promotion as assistant director of the St. Louis Police Academy.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the case of a group of black shoppers who say Dillard’s employees subjected them to racial discrimination.

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A reunion that went awry when a downtown Kansas City night club allegedly denied entrance to seven black family members has prompted a prominent area attorney to pursue class action litigation against the city’s newest entertainment district, he announced Thursday. ...

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The state of Missouri agreed to pay $150,000 to a former employee to settle a racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed in Jackson County Circuit Court. Henry Service, of Gardner, Kan., was hired in October 2002 by the state Department ...

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