honestly what type of black person can seriously think about eating at Denny's
at least they get paid
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September 15, 2007 (EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.) - A federal jury has awarded $600-thousand in damages to a family that sued the Denny's restaurant chain for racial discrimination.
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Attorneys for Sandra Green's family say a white waiter deliberately ignored them and used racial slurs during a meal at a Denny's restaurant in the St. Louis suburb of Fairview Heights. The waiter later was fired.
Denny's attorney Ed Ordonez says the company will decide whether to appeal.
Each of 15 family members were awarded $5 thousand in compensatory damages and $35 thousand in punitive damages yesterday in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis.
Family member Janet Hill says she hopes the award sends Denny's a message.
(Denny's Corp. is based in Spartanburg, S.C.)
Information from: Belleville News-Democrat, http://www.bnd.com
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Family says Denny's waiter was biased
BY CAROLYN P. SMITH
News Democrat
EAST ST. LOUIS --
Opening statements got under way in federal court Tuesday morning in an East St. Louis family's discrimination lawsuit against Denny's restaurant.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Clifford Proud is hearing the trial, which resumes today and is expected to wrap up Thursday.
Ed Szewczyk, the attorney representing the family, says his 15 clients were discriminated against, called racial slurs, humiliated, laughed at and given the poorest service they have ever experienced Nov. 2, 2003, at the Denny's restaurant in Fairview Heights when they went to celebrate the birthday of Sandra Green.
Szewczyk's clients are Green, her family members and friends. They charge that they and other black customers were treated differently than whites by waiter Chris Brooks. Szewczyk argued that management knew Brooks had problems waiting on black customers and favored white customers. They are seeking unspecified damages and want Denny's to enforce its own zero-tolerance policy.
Brooks was not in the courtroom.
Defense Attorney Ed Ordonez said when management learned about Brooks, he was fired. He said the family merely received bad service. He said they stayed at the restaurant, never complained to a manager until they were leaving and they paid for their food.
Plaintiff Chasity Jones testified that she had to get another waitress to give her some water after waiting about 15 minutes. She said several members of the party had to get their own silverware and drinks. Her food was burned and rubbery, she said.
Danielle Bell, 25, a waitress at the time, testified that Brooks would put white customers in front of black customers who had come to the restaurant first. "I told the manager he was totally unfair."
She said Brooks did this on at least two other occasions on the night of Nov. 2, 2003. Bell said Brooks sat the Green family down and then disappeared.
Bell said she reported this to then-manager Theresa Huggins. Huggins, 43, of Collinsville, testified she passed what Bell told her to the general manager. She also testified that Brooks, on Oct. 31, wouldn't pick up certain tables, saying he was busy. Under questioning by Szewczyk, Huggins said all of the tables Brooks refused to pick up were tables of black customers. Asked why she didn't put Brooks on temporary leave, Huggins said she wasn't authorized to.
at least they get paid
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=5659490
September 15, 2007 (EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.) - A federal jury has awarded $600-thousand in damages to a family that sued the Denny's restaurant chain for racial discrimination.
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Attorneys for Sandra Green's family say a white waiter deliberately ignored them and used racial slurs during a meal at a Denny's restaurant in the St. Louis suburb of Fairview Heights. The waiter later was fired.
Denny's attorney Ed Ordonez says the company will decide whether to appeal.
Each of 15 family members were awarded $5 thousand in compensatory damages and $35 thousand in punitive damages yesterday in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis.
Family member Janet Hill says she hopes the award sends Denny's a message.
(Denny's Corp. is based in Spartanburg, S.C.)
Information from: Belleville News-Democrat, http://www.bnd.com
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/story/126130.html
Family says Denny's waiter was biased
BY CAROLYN P. SMITH
News Democrat
EAST ST. LOUIS --
Opening statements got under way in federal court Tuesday morning in an East St. Louis family's discrimination lawsuit against Denny's restaurant.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Clifford Proud is hearing the trial, which resumes today and is expected to wrap up Thursday.
Ed Szewczyk, the attorney representing the family, says his 15 clients were discriminated against, called racial slurs, humiliated, laughed at and given the poorest service they have ever experienced Nov. 2, 2003, at the Denny's restaurant in Fairview Heights when they went to celebrate the birthday of Sandra Green.
Szewczyk's clients are Green, her family members and friends. They charge that they and other black customers were treated differently than whites by waiter Chris Brooks. Szewczyk argued that management knew Brooks had problems waiting on black customers and favored white customers. They are seeking unspecified damages and want Denny's to enforce its own zero-tolerance policy.
Brooks was not in the courtroom.
Defense Attorney Ed Ordonez said when management learned about Brooks, he was fired. He said the family merely received bad service. He said they stayed at the restaurant, never complained to a manager until they were leaving and they paid for their food.
Plaintiff Chasity Jones testified that she had to get another waitress to give her some water after waiting about 15 minutes. She said several members of the party had to get their own silverware and drinks. Her food was burned and rubbery, she said.
Danielle Bell, 25, a waitress at the time, testified that Brooks would put white customers in front of black customers who had come to the restaurant first. "I told the manager he was totally unfair."
She said Brooks did this on at least two other occasions on the night of Nov. 2, 2003. Bell said Brooks sat the Green family down and then disappeared.
Bell said she reported this to then-manager Theresa Huggins. Huggins, 43, of Collinsville, testified she passed what Bell told her to the general manager. She also testified that Brooks, on Oct. 31, wouldn't pick up certain tables, saying he was busy. Under questioning by Szewczyk, Huggins said all of the tables Brooks refused to pick up were tables of black customers. Asked why she didn't put Brooks on temporary leave, Huggins said she wasn't authorized to.
