Word: abramian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Discrimination is costly. And Harvard can pay, a Middlesex County jury ruled last Friday, awarding more than $2.6 million to former security guard Viatcheslav "Steve" Abramian, a Russian national who sued the University after his 1993 dismissal...
...Abramian, who has been homeless since he lost his job at the University, said he was the victim of a pattern of discriminatory treatment from supervisors, including disproportionate disciplinary measures and ethnic slurs...
After a three week trial in June, the jury ruled the University retaliated against Abramian for complaints about harassment and awarded him more than $270,000 in lost wages, $250,000 for emotional distress and $750,000 in punitive damages...
...Finally, justice is done," Abramian said...
...addition to the damages assessed against the University, the jury also held three former employees accountable for Abramian's termination...