PHILADELPHIA - A federal discrimination case against SEPTA might cost the public transportation company at least $100,000.
The complaint was filed on April 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania by Karen Nichelson, a New Jersey woman who worked for the defendant for about 20 years.
Nichelson filed a race and sex discrimination charge in 2019 against SEPTA after her superiors - including Assistant Director Michelle Norman, Director Michael Lyles and Senior Director Brian Naldzin - allegedly treated her differently than white and Hispanic male colleagues.
The plaintiff accuses the defendant of being negligent and unresponsive to her complaints about the treatment.