Wisconsin company must pay $846K after firing cancer patient

A California civil rights agency has ordered a Wisconsin company to pay $846,000 for firing a sales manager who had to limit work travel when he was recovering from cancer surgery. The Fair Employment and Housing Commission's award in the case of Charles Wideman is the largest payment it has ever ordered in a discrimination case, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday. Wideman was a Novato-based, regional sales manager for Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based Acme Electric until he was fired in March 2008 at age 59. (AP, 9/15)