BLOOMINGTON, Minn.- hollister was fined $115,264 for refusing to let a teenager help her autistic sister try on clothes at its Mall of America. The store was found on the charge of discriminating against a disabled person.
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights was satisfied that the Apple Valley family of the disabled teen received settlement after the four years of fighting this case.
The fine was considered a hefty penalty but the Department abercrombie and fitch of Human Rights was pleased to finally resolve this case after the retail store refused to apologize for the incident and even questioned the disability of the girl.
Michael K. Browne, the department’s hollister legal affairs manager, said the size of the penalty is the largest in at least two years. “We don’t want anything that happened in this case to repeat itself,” Browne said.
