Article: KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION TO PAY $55,000 TO SETTLE EEOC RETALIATION LAWSUIT

OXFORD, Miss, Sept. 8 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following press release:

A Phoenix, Ariz.-based trucking company will pay $55,000 and furnish other relief to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

The EEOC's suit (Civil Action Number: 2:07-cv-0170-MPM-SAA), filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, charged that Knight Transportation, Inc. fired dispatcher Eric Newton in retaliation for complaining of race discrimination he suffered while working at the company's Olive Branch, Miss., facility.

Newton worked as night shift dispatch ...

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