Spanked U.S. woman awarded in lawsuit

FRESNO, California (Reuters) - A California woman who sued her former employer after she was spanked on the job was awarded $1.7 million (931,000 pounds) in damages and compensation on Friday.

Janet Orlando, 53, said she was embarrassed, permanently scarred and mentally anguished by the fraternity-like atmosphere and sales-building exercises at Alarm One Inc., which included paddling if an employee was late for a sales meeting.