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Florida Jury Gives Large Award To Worker Fired For Refusing To Work on Sunday

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Law 360 reports that a Florida federal court jury on Monday awarded $36,000 for lost wages, $500,000 for emotional pain and $21 million in punitive damages to a Hilton Hotel dishwasher who was fired for swapping shifts with co-workers to allow her to have Sundays off for religious reasons.  Plaintiff was a member of the Catholic missionary group, Soldiers of Christ Church.  Florida has a statutory cap on damages which will lead to the court's reducing punitive damages.

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