Wins $25 Million in a Race Discrimination Suit: Former White Starbucks Manager

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[{"selector":"#anim-6f517147-ef76-4e35-8783-11ac6de9433d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":3000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0a44943c-4522-4cf8-9025-8b7c538d4a6f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":4000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ae2beb8b-4c18-4b4e-b576-495ed3f13544","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9ce56012-9c7f-4f00-9c0e-ad9eb78242f8","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-120%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] A federal jury in New Jersey ordered Starbucks to pay $25.6 million to a former regional manager on Monday after finding that the business dismissed her because she was white during the Rittenhouse Square incident.

Starbucks was found to have violated Shannon Phillips' federal civil rights and New Jersey's anti-discrimination legislation, paying her $600,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages.

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“She proved by ‘clear and convincing evidence’ that punitive damages were warranted” under New Jersey law, Ms. Phillips' lawyer Laura Carlin Mattiacci said.

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A Starbucks spokesperson declined to comment. At the time of the occurrence, Ms. Phillips controlled 100 businesses throughout Philadelphia, South Jersey, Delaware, and sections of Maryland.

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