A white state worker was awarded $150,000 by a federal jury after he claimed to have lost his job due to racial slurs said to him by his black boss. Mark Pasternak, who helped troubled youths for the state Office of Children and Family Services, worked under Tommy E. Baines for three years before being dismissed by the state in 1999.

The state had previously fined Baines $2,000 after investigating allegations of racism and creating a hostile work environment, however it allowed him to keep his position. Pasternak claims the abuse led to “insomnia, anxiety and depression.”

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