Jury awards Cemex driver $5M in ‘egregious’ disability and race bias lawsuit

A jury awarded $5 million to a Black Cemex driver with a congenital hearing condition who experienced persistent workplace harassment and discrimination. The case highlights serious compliance failures in how the company handled disability and race bias complaints from its workforce.

The plaintiff, a Black man born with congenital aural atresia, claimed he endured near-daily harassment from co-workers.

This story was originally published by Construction Dive.