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Article: Sex-Bias Lawsuit Settled By State Farm Insurance
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- The Washington Post
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- January 20, 1988
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A far-reaching settlement was announced today in a long-fought
sex discrimination case against State Farm Insurance Co., allowing
women who believe they were unfairly denied jobs as sales agents in
California to seek millions of dollars in damages.
The agreement represents the "largest potential monetary
recovery" in the history of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
could cost the company up to $300 million, said Guy T. Saperstein, an
Oakland attorney for the plaintiffs in the 9-year-old case.
However, M. Kirby C. Wilcox, a San Francisco lawyer for State
Farm, called Saperstein's claim "totally unsupportable" and "highly
speculative."
To approach the result predicted by Saperstein, ...