sentences:  During 1996, Connie Hemmings and Patty Lamphiear filed a lawsuit against Tidyman's after claiming the retailer was in violation of federal and state anti-discrimination laws.Tidyman's had violated these laws by failing to pay them wages and compensation that was equal to their fellow male employees, failing to promote them, and retaliating against them after they complained of the discrimination.On April 13, 1999, the United States district court ordered the grocery company to pay $6.2 million in what was one of the largest sex discrimination awards in Eastern Washington history.