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Gay Banker Wins $3.5 Million Discrimination Verdict

By Joshua A. Newville, Attorney, on August 15, 2016
Posted in Lost Wages - Back and Front Pay Damages, Minnesota Human Rights Act (MHRA), Minnesota State District Court, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Wrongful Termination

Last week, a Minnesota man was awarded $3.5 million after he was ousted from a family banking business.

Gay Discrimination Lawyer Minnesota

After Stephen Habberstad came out as gay, his relatives forced him out of his job. Habberstad subsequently filed a sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit. While the family defended the lawsuit by arguing that they terminated Haberstand for business reasons, Steele County Judge Joseph Bueltel concluded that, “[t]he truth is: Stephen Habberstad was terminated because he is gay.”

Judge Bueltel also determined that the defendants made “ham-fisted attempts to obfuscate the truth.”

Habberstad’s verdict, which mostly represents lost past and future earnings, is believed to be one of the largest sexual orientation discrimination verdicts in Minnesota history.

Since the early 1990’s, the Minnesota Human Rights Act has made it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. As a result, employers who treat employees disparately on account of sexual orientation may be subject to a private lawsuit and/or enforcement action by the Minnesota Department of Human Right.

 

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