Omni Hotels Food Director Gets $25 Million for Pay Bias (3)

Omni Hotels & Resorts paid a food and beverage director in Corpus Christi, Texas, less than her male predecessors because she’s a woman, a federal jury ruled, awarding her $100,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages in what may be a record in the state.

The verdict was entered Friday by the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas following a four-day trial before Judge Brantley Starr. Plaintiff Sarah Lindsley proved the unequal pay violated her rights under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the jury said.

Lindsley also proved that she ...