Job Seekers Nab Final Nod for Offensive Medical Question Deal

California job applicants secured final court approval to settle their lawsuit alleging an occupational health screener pressed them to answer offensive and irrelevant medical questions before beginning work for other employers.

The deal requires U.S. Healthworks Medical Group and the other defendants to pay $1 in nominal damages for each of the more than 172,000 class members, with the money going to charity. The defendants must also hand over nearly $1.8 million to cover the job seekers’ attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses, the US District Court for the Southern District of California said Thursday.

• The workers said Healthworks’ questionnaire—which the ...