Antelope Valley Press

Black medical worker gets $3M

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BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A federal jury has awarded $3 million to a former Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center worker who said racial discrimina­tion led to his firing.

Attorneys for David Ako-Annan, who is Black, said the damages represente­d the largest sum awarded for a racial discrimina­tion case in Maine.

“The essence of Maine is that we are one big family where everyone is treated with respect and dignity and no one is more or less important. This case is critical to sending a message to EMMC that it must work harder to ensure the fair and equal treatment of workers who are Black or people of color,” said David Webbert, one of Ako-Annan’s attorney.

Ako-Annan, 46, of Milford, immigrated from Ghana to Maine, where he graduated from the University of Maine, earned a master’s degree in business administra­tion and human relations and counseling from Husson University, and worked as a practice manager at a primary care medical office operated by Northern Light EMMC.

In the lawsuit, he contended his intelligen­ce was questioned and that he was subjected to intimidati­on and racially insensitiv­e remarks.

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