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Deaf truck driver awarded $36M by a jury for discrimination

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Lawyer: amount will likely be reduced to $300K because of statute. A deaf man who says a truck driving company told him that they would not hire him because he couldn't hear won over $36 million in damages by a jury a month ago. Victor Robinson, who is in his 40s and has lived his whole life deaf, told ABC News that Werner Enterprises trucking company passed him in their commercial driver's license (CDL) training program, but when he applied for a job in 2016, the company's Vice President of Safety and Compliance Jamie Hamm, who was Jamie Maus at the time, told him he wouldn't get the job. "It was really intense," Robinson told ABC News through an interpreter. "The person said, 'We can't hire you because you can't hear,' and hung up [the video call]. And there it was. The end. And I got to the point where I didn't know what else to do." Robinson eventually reached out to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EE...

'Anger, revenge, resentment': A deeper look at what drives some husbands to kill their wives

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The psychology behind why some husbands kill their wives instead of getting a divorce. Massachusetts man Brian Walshe appeared in court this week on charges he allegedly killed and dismembered his missing wife, Ana Walshe. The case echoes other high-profile cases in recent years involving husbands allegedly killing their wives . Prosecutors accused Walshe of making incriminating Google searches including "10 ways to dispose of a dead body if you really need to" and "can you be charged with murder without a body." Brian Walshe stands during his arraignment in Quincy District Court, in Quincy, Mass., Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, to face charges in connection with misleading investigators. Walshe has been charged with the murder of his wife, missing Cohasset woman Ana Walshe. Greg Derr/AP Walshe's alleged Google searches also included, "what's the best state to divorce." Walshe has pleaded not guilty to murder and improper transport of a body. MORE: Husban...