Granas v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

  1. December 17, 2025

    4 Big-Ticket Workplace Discrimination Verdicts From 2025

    A longtime Liberty Mutual employee won a $100 million age discrimination verdict, and a onetime Society for Human Resource Management employee was awarded nearly $12 million by jurors in a race discrimination suit. Here, Law360 rounds up high-value jury verdicts that came out of bias cases in the past year.

  2. December 01, 2025

    Union Pacific Still Can't Upend Worker's $27M Verdict

    An Oregon federal judge on Monday refused Union Pacific Co.'s bid to wipe out a $27 million verdict in a suit from an ex-worker alleging he was discriminated against for an injury, saying there was enough evidence to support both the liability finding and the $25 million in punitive damages.

  3. August 19, 2025

    Union Pacific Can't Avoid $27M Disability Bias Verdict

    A former Union Pacific railroad worker who said he was pushed out over a shoulder injury can keep his $27 million jury award, an Oregon federal judge ruled, attributing the bulk of the recovery to a state law claim that wasn't limited by federal damages caps.

  4. April 30, 2025

    $27M Union Pacific Verdict Caps Strong April For Workers

    A former Union Pacific employee who said the railroad used medical screenings to push out disabled workers scored a $27 million verdict, while the EEOC landed a $400,000 win on claims that a veteran lost a job offer after testing positive for prescribed medication. Here's a look back at four wins employment discrimination plaintiffs notched in the past month.