A New York restaurant deliveryman was awarded a $900,000 jury verdict for enduring 16 years of anti-Semitic harassment by three supervisors…(who) called him a “dirty Jew†and threw pennies at him while making anti-Semitic comments; they also docked his tips.
A deliveryman for New York’s Manhattan restaurant Mangia 57 has won a $900,000 jury verdict for the anti-Semitic harassment he endured while working at the establishment. According to the lawsuit, night shift manager Artur Zbozien often “passed gas†in front of Adam Wiercinski and said it was Zyklon B, the poison German Nazis used to exterminate Jews during the Holocaust, the New York Post reported.
Mr. Wiercinski endured the abuse for 16 years because “he was 50 years old,†his lawyer said. “He said, ‘Who else is going to hire a 50-year-old delivery man?’ He was afraid.â€
The jury reached a verdict in just four hours after hearing much of the testimony in Polish — used by many of the restaurant’s employees, the Post reported.