Employer Hit With $2.2 Million Verdict in Workplace Defecator Case

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“….we discussed the Northern District of Georgia’s decision in Lowe v. Atlas Logistics Group Retail Services, LLC, (N.D.Ga. May 5, 2015), holding that an employer violated the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”) by obtaining DNA samples from two employees it suspected of repeatedly defecating in a company warehouse.  Last week, a jury awarded the plaintiffs in that case $2.23 million in damages, consisting of $475,000 in emotional distress damages and $1.75 million in punitive damages based on the employer’s reckless indifference to their federally protected rights.”

Read: Jury Hits Employer With $2.2 Million Verdict For GINA Violations in Workplace Defecator Case at The National Law Review