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Conductor
A jury Thursday awarded $850,000 as damages to a former Amtrak conductor based in La Junta, concluding Amtrak fired him because he is an African-American.
The U.S. District Court jury deliberated for one day before reaching its verdict in favor of William R. Pearson, of Denver, in the trial that began Dec. 7.
Amtrak fired him in 2006. He had worked for the company since 1974 and had been a conductor since 1987.
http://chieftain.com/articles/2009/12/18/n...06125690391.txt
The U.S. District Court jury deliberated for one day before reaching its verdict in favor of William R. Pearson, of Denver, in the trial that began Dec. 7.
Amtrak fired him in 2006. He had worked for the company since 1974 and had been a conductor since 1987.
http://chieftain.com/articles/2009/12/18/n...06125690391.txt