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By KIERAN CROWLEY and CHUCK BENNETT
A Long Island mom was unjustly fired after donating a life-saving kidney to her boss, a state panel found yesterday.
The state Division on Human Rights decision said there was “probable cause” that Debbie Stevens’ employers engaged in a discriminatory practice — namely that she was axed from her administrative-assistant position at the billion-dollar Atlantic Automotive Group on Long Island after donating her organ to her boss and then-friend, Jackie Brucia.
“I gave away my kidney, not my brain. Something was very different when I came back,” Stevens said.
The finding paves the way for a $15 million suit Stevens plans to file against the dealership and Brucia.
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By KIERAN CROWLEY and CHUCK BENNETT
A Long Island mom was unjustly fired after donating a life-saving kidney to her boss, a state panel found yesterday.
The state Division on Human Rights decision said there was “probable cause” that Debbie Stevens’ employers engaged in a discriminatory practice — namely that she was axed from her administrative-assistant position at the billion-dollar Atlantic Automotive Group on Long Island after donating her organ to her boss and then-friend, Jackie Brucia.
“I gave away my kidney, not my brain. Something was very different when I came back,” Stevens said.
The finding paves the way for a $15 million suit Stevens plans to file against the dealership and Brucia.
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