(L to R) Lead plaintiff
Linda Ingram and her
attorney, Cyrus Mehri,
look toward task-force
chairperson Alexis
Herman and Coca-Cola
Chairman and CEO E.
Neville Isdell as they
address the media after
the final supervision
hearing on Dec. 1
HOW DID A COMPANY GO from settling the largest
discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history to
reaching No. 3 on The 2006 DiversityInc
Top 50 Companies for Diversity® list? It
wasn’t easy and it came with a hefty price tag.
The Coca-Cola Co. agreed in 2000 to pay
$192.5 million to settle claims made by
current and former African-American
