Woman awarded $20.5M for intentional discrimination at Pa. workplace

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Woman awarded $20.5M for intentional discrimination at Pa. workplace

WILLIAMSPORT — A federal jury has awarded a New Jersey woman $20.5 million in damages finding she was intentionally discriminated against while working in State College for a firm that provides home medical care services.Patricia Holmes, who is Black, is entitled to $500,000 in compensatory damages and $20 million in punitive damages, jurors in U.S. Middle District Court decided Wednesday.