Maryland woman wins suit against Greensboro-based company
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A federal jury has awarded a Salisbury woman $1.85 million after she was fired by a pesticide company.
The jury found in favor of Jean Scott, who alleged that Syngenta Crop Protection Inc., a Greensboro-based division of the global agribusiness, fired her in 2005 for complaining about gender discrimination.
Scott, 54, had worked at Syngenta or its corporate predecessors since 1996 as a sales representative.
Scott says that in 2003, Howard Jaekle became the manager of the sales district where she was the only woman and allotted her the smallest expense account, excluded her from critical company communications and retaliated when she complained to upper management in 2005.
A future bench trial will determine whether Scott should be reinstated or receive additional economic damages.
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