A federal appeals court on Monday ordered a new trial for nearly two dozen minority women who were laid off from a Fresno manufacturing plant after failing to get perfect scores on an English-only skills test.
The Hispanic and Southeast Asian workers sued NIBCO Inc., an Indiana-based irrigation-systems manufacturer, in 1999. The company prevailed in a late 2008 jury trial.
Read more: http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/03/29/1877363/appellate-court-orders-new-nibco.html?mitest=A_default#ixzz0mTF2Z3Zq
[Posted by Kimberly Vasquez]
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