Six women stand to receive US$5m each, plus varying amounts for emotional distress, after they were sexually harassed by a store director of Ralphs Grocery Co., a subsidiary of US supermarket giant Kroger.
The jury from the San Diego Superior Court, California, decided on Friday to order Cincinnati-based Kroger to pay out a total of US$30.6m to the women, who alleged that the harassment took place between 1987 and 2000.
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Kroger, which acquired Ralphs in 1999 through the acquisition of West Coast supermarket chain Fred Meyer Inc, is considering whether to appeal the jury verdict.
