Former IBM sales manager, fired after challenging discrimination against subordinate, wins $11m lawsuit

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On Thursday, a federal jury in Seattle, Washington, found that former IBM sales manager Scott Kingston had been unlawfully fired by the company and denied sales commission after challenging the treatment of subordinates as racially biased. And it awarded him $11.1m.…

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