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Texaco's Penalty for Sex Discrimination
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In 1986, Janella Sue Martin, a 48-year-old credit supervisor, filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against Texaco Refining & Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of White Plains, New York-based Texaco Inc. Little did she know that the jury, made up mostly of men, would come back in October with a $20.3 million judgment, the largest ever granted to an individual in a sex discrimination case.
The case has garnered national attention because Martin was awarded $15 million in punitive damages, a sum intended as punishment for Texaco's intentional or reckless wrongdoing. Legal experts say Martin has succeeded at sending out a message to corporate America that sex discrimination will be taken …
