OKLAHOMA CITY AP – Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores has settled a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a black cashier who claimed she was discriminated against because of her race and fired because she supported a former manager who sued the company.

In a consent decree signed Monday by U.S. District Judge David L. Russell, Oklahoma City-based Love’s agreed to pay $39,000 to the cashier and to provide additional training to its managers on the issue of racial harassment and retaliation.