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Construction worker sues employers for directing him to use ‘colored’ door

February 7, 2023

The suit, filed in New York Supreme Court for Albany County, alleges that Rosenblum’s and AJS Masonry’s conduct was “so extreme and outrageous as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency and utterly intolerable in a civilized community.”

Filed under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the complaint said that the emotional distress the incident caused the worker was “severe and of a nature that no reasonable person could be expected to endure.”

The suit claims as a result, the worker suffered physical, psychological and financial harm, including anxiety that caused the worker’s stomach to turn, as well as anxiety of working with White people.

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