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7-Eleven settles discrimination lawsuit

Pacific Business News (Honolulu)

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven Hawaii has settled a 2007 federal disability discrimination lawsuit for $10,000 without admitting any wrongdoing.

In September 2007, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued 7-Eleven, claiming the company violated the American with Disabilities Act when it discriminated against Robert Galam, a Hawaii employee, by disclosing his medical information to another employer, which then rescinded a job offer to him, and thus violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the federal government said.

A federal court judge in Honolulu ruled in 7-Eleven's favor after which the EEOC appealed to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in August 2008.