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United to pay $36.5M in sex discrimination lawsuit USATODAY.com by AP from the Web, February 13, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge ordered United Airlines to pay $36.5 million to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by 13 former flight attendants over the airline's weight policy. The original settlement in the case was suspended in 2002 when United filed for bankruptcy. A judge reinstated the settlement Wednesday. In 2000, an appeals court had found that the weight policy for flight attendants, in place from 1980 to 1994, discriminated against women. The airline imposed weight limits on flight attendants of both genders but set stricter standards for women, who were required to weigh between 14 and 27 pounds less than male colleagues of the same height and age. All 13 plaintiffs, who sued in 1992, were disciplined or fired by United for violating the weight policy. A United spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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