The State - News from Sept. 4, 1988
The Red Onion restaurant chain agreed to pay a total of $390,000 to 26 people who sued the company claiming they were denied admission to the restaurants because of their race. In agreeing to the settlement, the company admitted no wrongdoing, according to Red Onion attorney William A. Kurlander. Each of the 26, most of whom are black and Latino, will receive $15,000 in the agreement approved by Orange County Superior Court Judge Samuel B. Taylor Jr.
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