A federal jury has awarded $50,000 to a North Carolina construction worker who says co-workers hurled racial epithets at him, shot nails toward him and even tried to hang him on a job site.
The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that 29-year-old Michael A. Kitchen of Brevard, who is black, won his case Feb. 2.
Kitchen’s attorney, Philip J. Roth, said the abuse started when his client began working for Farrell Log Homes in early 2004 and lasted until he ran from a job site that summer after employees put a rope around his neck and threatened to hang him.
Roth said the jury ruled company owner Willie Farrell did not personally create a work environment that allowed the abuse.
Farrell referred questions to his attorney.
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Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times,
http://www.citizen-times.com
Topics Commercial Lines Business Insurance North Carolina Construction
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