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Civil Litigation,
Civil Rights

Jul. 24, 2018

PG&E held liable for retaliation in racial discrimination case

A San Francisco jury found Pacific Gas & Electric Co. liable for retaliation for firing a former electrical maintenance and construction supervisor after he identified safety concerns and initiated a racial discrimination investigation.

A San Francisco jury has found Pacific Gas & Electric Co. liable for retaliation for firing a former electrical maintenance and construction supervisor after he identified safety concerns and initiated a racial discrimination investigation.

Daryl Woodruff reported concerns about what he felt were inadequacies in PG&E's safety inspections after a transformer explosion in the neighborhood of Bernal Heights. He added that his s...

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