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...Angeles County Superior Court ruled last week that a Harvard graduate and Rhodes Scholar was laid off from his job at Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. in retribution for complaints of racial discrimination...
Gibbs lost the two other points of contention he brought against Boeing. Though the jury agreed that Gibbs’ complaints of racial discrimination had improperly led to his firing, they did not find that Gibbs’ court allegation of racial discrimination was itself founded. In addition, the jury did not accept Gibbs’ argument that Boeing employed defamatory tactics against...
Boeing spokesperson Dan Beck said his company was pleased that it won two of the three counts and was not found to have engaged in racial discrimination...
...jury seemed to base its decision on the belief that Boeing had not proceeded vigorously enough in investigating Mr. Gibbs’ discrimination claim,” Beck said. “But the claims of racial discrimination were investigated by our people. They did not find any basis...
Harris said Gibbs complained to the company on May 1, 2001, that racial discrimination helped motivate the demotion...