Verdict Reached in McDonnell Douglas Case

A Rialto woman has won a $247,900 jury verdict against McDonnell Douglas Corp. on her claim that the company and two supervisors discriminated against her and wrongly terminated her because she was pregnant. The jury found by a 9-3 vote this week that Joy Young, 40, was a victim of a hostile work environment based on sex and race and that her two immediate supervisors were negligently supervised, her lawyer said. The bosses themselves were found liable for intentionally inflicting emotional distress. The Superior Court jury in Long Beach, however, split 7-5 on whether to award punitive damages. Defense attorneys and McDonnell Douglas executives were unavailable for comment.