NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A former locomotive engineer at New York's Long Island Rail Road has won a $480,000 award in a lawsuit alleging she groped another worker, officials said.

A female co-worker accused Melissa Stampf, who is an Asian lesbian, of fondling her breast, the New York Daily News reported.


Stampf, 43, said outside Brooklyn Federal Court Friday she is happy with the jury's decision.

"I feel like justice has been done and my name is cleared," Stampf said.

Stampf said she did not touch Angela Trigg's breast but only tapped her on the shoulder as a greeting.

In just 3 hours the jury concluded Trigg's groping claim was a lie and slapped her with $150,000 in punitive damages.

Attorneys for the LIRR said they "plan to file a motion challenging the jury's award on the claim against Trigg and are considering an appeal."

A male locomotive engineer testified sexually charged behavior was common at LIRR and claimed Trigg had slapped his buttocks and flashed her breasts at him.

Trigg resigned from the LIRR in 2007 and wasn't available for comment.