Louisiana EEOC Worker’s Title VII Sex Discrimination Case Ends In $250K Settlement

( March 18, 2026, 8:22 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — An Equal Employment Opportunity Commission employee who filed suit in a Louisiana federal court alleging discrimination under Title VII after she was passed over for a promotion in favor of a male subordinate agreed through a settlement agreement reached after a mistrial to drop the case in exchange for $250,000 and the opportunity to quietly retire with all of her benefits....