US EditionLawsuit alleges racial and gender discrimination led to an Air Force contractor’s death
- The family of Stephanie Cosme filed a lawsuit against Sumaria, claiming her death resulted from racial and gender discrimination by Testing Director Derek Kirkendall, who allegedly had a history of hostility toward Hispanic employees.
- The U.S. Air Force investigation found that Cosme's trainer rushed the job and improperly instructed her, but did not cite discrimination as a factor in her death.
- The lawsuit alleges that Kirkendall isolated Cosme, assigned her dangerous tasks, and used anti-Hispanic language, contributing to unsafe working conditions.
- The family believes that Kirkendall's treatment of Cosme reflects a broader issue of gender harassment in male-dominated fields and that accountability for her death remains unaddressed.
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Air Force contractor’s death may be tied to racial and gender discrimination
On the night Stephanie Cosme died, her sister and brother said they received a curt explanation from a U.S. Air Force official who met them at the hospital: The civilian contractor was failing to follow protocol when she was hit by an aircraft’s rotating propeller and killed. The family would wait eight agonizing months to find out more about how the accident unfolded during relatively low-risk ground testing on a MQ-9A Reaper drone at Gray Butt…
Lawsuit Alleges Racial and Gender Discrimination Led to an Air Force Contractor's Death
The family of a Air Force contractor who was killed when she walked into a rotating drone propeller has filed a lawsuit against her company, Sumaria Systems LLC, claiming her trainer subjected her to gender and racial discrimination that ultimately put her in harm's way and led to her death.
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Lawsuit alleges racial and gender discrimination led to an Air Force contractor's death
The family of a Air Force contractor who was killed when she walked into a rotating drone propeller has filed a lawsuit against her company, Sumaria Systems LLC, claiming her trainer subjected her to gender and racial discrimination that ultimately…
Lawsuit alleges racial and gender discrimination led to Air Force contractor's death
The family of a Air Force contractor who was killed when she walked into a rotating drone propeller has filed a lawsuit against her company, Sumaria Systems LLC, claiming her trainer subjected her to gender and racial discrimination that ultimately put...
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