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Mauricia Grant lawsuit against NASCAR officially dismissed
By Bob Pockrass - Associate Editor
Monday, February 02, 2009
The sexual and racial discrimination and harassment lawsuit filed in June by former NASCAR official Mauricia Grant has officially been dismissed in U.S. District Court in New York, according to court filings.
NASCAR had announced Dec. 18 in a news release that it had reached a settlement in the suit, and that the terms of the settlement are confidential and neither NASCAR nor Grant admits liability nor wrongdoing by way of the settlement.
NASCAR and Grant filed jointly Friday to voluntarily dismiss the case. No terms were listed in the filing, which was just one paragraph stating that both sides had agreed to discontinue the case.
Grant, who worked for what was then known as the NASCAR Busch Series from 2005 through much of 2007, alleged in a $225 million lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in New York that she was fired two months after airing complaints of racial and gender discrimination and harassment by series officials, including series director Joe Balash. Grant, who is black, detailed more than 50 instances of alleged racial and sexual harassment.
In its response to the suit, NASCAR alleged that Grant coined some of the terms she deemed offensive and that she was fired for cause. NASCAR also alleged that Grant did not follow the sanctioning body’s procedures for addressing employee concerns.
NASCAR did fire two officials following an investigation into Grant's claims.
Both sides agreed not to publicly discuss the details of the case or the terms of the agreement going forward, according to the news release.
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fred stephens said:
Feb 3, 2009 at 3:24 PMOh yeah, I will gladly drop a $225 million dollar lawsuit to settle out of court and I will agree that I nor the defendant will ever speak evil or one another again. JUST SHOW ME DA MONEY. I can now afford to attend NASCAR races and not have to park cars or peform any labor work, just enjoy. HEY THERE Brian, get me a soda and some martinsville hot dogs and hurry up about it.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportfred stephens said:
Feb 3, 2009 at 3:26 PMBrian, as in Brian France. Yes I included that in the out of court settlement.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportDan Seibert said:
Feb 3, 2009 at 4:06 PManother one like spilling coffee on yourself then sueing because it was hot.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAllan Stroud said:
Feb 3, 2009 at 4:38 PMDan...that's what I wrote also....looks like the editor didn't like the way I phrased it....guess I should have been more aware of peoples feelings!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner Boehmert said:
Feb 3, 2009 at 5:37 PMthere had to be something to this suit...2 officials fired and NASCAR settles?...seems all the $$$ and mighty lawyers NASCAR has couldn't get them out of this mess...
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Feb 3, 2009 at 7:43 PMits too bad the facts of this cant actually come out. Nascar made a mistake to settle if all that was brought out in the press was correct. You know that they had to have monitored this employee closely considering her prior background. Why cant we just hire employees based on their ability and not their race?
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Feb 4, 2009 at 4:09 AMhere here # 6
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Feb 4, 2009 at 4:09 AMhere here # 6
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» Confirm Abuse ReportDr. Spaceman said:
Feb 4, 2009 at 10:03 AMI hope this young lady was paid handsomely for being put through that kind of abuse and harrassment. I am also glad those bafoons were fired. Racism and sexual harrasssment have no place in society.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportTim Kopet said:
Feb 5, 2009 at 6:11 PMI have heard some really racist remarks while listening to my scanner at races at Talladega and Atlanta....So you know this stuff if going on.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportOLD_GUY said:
Feb 5, 2009 at 8:51 PMNASCAR caves in on this one and the Cessna suit is torpedoed by the NTSB. Seems like NACAR could use better legal counsel. Then again, when the guy(s) paying the bills say "sue 'em" what's a legal guy supposed to do? (Answer: the renumeration makes it worth the loss of self esteem.)
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