Newsday loses discrimination suit
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A federal jury in Long Island’s Central Islip awarded $100,000 in damages to a former Newsday copy editor, finding that the newspaper had discriminated against her because she suffered from repetitive stress injury.
Nancy Ruhling, 51, of Queens, had originally sued Newsday in 2004 for $60 million. In her civil complaint, Ruhling alleged that the paper also had discriminated against her because of her age.
In addition, Ruhling said the paper had retaliated against her because she had complained to the Tribune Co., Newsday’s parent corporation, that she had been harassed by a Newsday supervisor, according to her attorney, Louis Stober of Garden City.
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