Revoking an accommodation for no reason: a $22 mil error.

• Position: Legal Briefs

For six years, a Florida hotel gave a dishwasher Sundays off to attend church services. But a new kitchen manager put her back on the Sunday schedule. When she complained, she was fired for unexcused absences. She filed a religious discrimination and retaliation lawsuit and won $35,000 in back pay and $22 million in punitive damages. The hotel is...