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Former UPS Driver Wins $238M Verdict in Suit Over Firing
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 Sept. 16, 2024 | LEGAL | A Black UPS driver won a $237.6 million jury verdict in a case in which he alleged he’d been discriminated against and subject to a hostile work environment before being fired. The verdict, rendered Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington in Yakima, may be both the biggest of its kind and the biggest ever in the state… [Tahvio] Gratton had claimed he was frequently laid off in favor of white drivers with less seniority than him; repeatedly called “boy” by a supervisor; and given a less desirable route and a worse truck. After filing grievances in 2018, 2020, and 2021 alleging racial discrimination and other workplace mistreatment, he was fired in 2021 following a sexual harassment investigation into whether he touched a female employee’s back. Seattle Times
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