$50 Million Award to Arab-American FedEx Ground Drivers - June 03, 2006

The two Arab-American drivers were harassed by supervisors with taunts of "sand nigger" and other slurs.  The jury awarded the two men $11 million in compensatory damages and then an additional $50 MILLION in punitive damages.

Something is seriously wrong in the management ranks at FedEx Ground & Home Delivery.  What kind of people are being promoted?  What policies are being enforced and what other policies are being ignored?  "Guaranteed fair treatment" is just more disingenuous nonsense.

Remember, this is the company that allows even high level managers like Senior Vice President Paul Callahan to say things like, "If we had selected the right people, we wouldn't be seeing these lawsuits."  In that quote, Callahan is talking about the drivers who are beating the pants off FedEx on the driver classification issue in the MDL.   But it shows the mindset at FedEx Ground where it is never their fault.  Apparently in the case of the two Arab-American drivers, the jury decided it was FedEx's fault - to the tune of $61 million.