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$63.8 million age discrimination verdict: in the top 10
January 16, 2006 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
Any employment discrimination law suit is going to be expensive. Even if the employer wins, there will be attorney fees, lost productivity, anguish, publicity.
Once in a while we see some pretty large verdicts.
The Big Whopper for 2005: An age discrimination suit that brought a verdict of $63.8 million.
Lawyers Weekly USA included this case in its Top 10 for 2005: Private Jet Pilot Wins $64 Million For Age Discrimination.
I read about it earlier in a post at Jottings of an Employer's Lawyer: Even By California Standards -- $63.8 MDV Is a High Flyer.
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