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"As this verdict demonstrates, companies like Werner that deny reasonable accommodations to drivers with disabilities do so at their peril,” said Joshua Pierson, an attorney with the EEOC.

ST. LOUIS -- An eight-person jury in Omaha, Nebraska, returned a verdict of $36,075,000 in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Werner Enterprises, an Omaha-based trucking company, is considering an appeal after losing a $36 million discrimination verdict involving a deaf trucker.

An eight-person jury in Omaha, Nebraska returned a verdict of $36,075,000 in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on

"As this verdict demonstrates, companies like Werner that deny reasonable accommodations to drivers with disabilities do so at their peril,” said Joshua Pierson, an attorney with the EEOC.

An Omaha jury awarded more than $36 million in a disability discrimination case against Werner Enterprises.

A more than $36 million verdict was issued against Werner over its failure to hire a deaf driver back in 2018 The post Werner hit with more than $36 million jury award in its failure to hire deaf driver applicant appeared first on FreightWaves.

By Denny Jacob The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said a jury returned a verdict of $36.1 million in favor of the agency on disability...

Werner Enterprises Inc. and Drivers Management LLC must pay more than $36 million for discriminating against a deaf truck driver applicant because of his disability, a federal jury said Friday.

Wanting answers for how the Oregon Department of Transportation plans to prevent a dramatic increase in street traffic following the rollout of the I-205 toll project in 2024, Clackamas County sent 36-pages of input to ODOT on April 20 questioning the methodology and conclusions of the state agency’s environmental assessment report published in February.