HORSHAM,
Pa. — The national compensatory jury-award median for
employment-practice liability cases, which includes discrimination
and wrongful termination claims, rose 18% in 2003 to $250,000;
while the compensatory award median for discrimination cases,
including those involving age, race, disability or sex discrimination,
fell 2% to $232,322.
According to Jury Verdict Research®'s
report, Employment Practice Liability: Jury Award Trends
and Statistics — 2004 Edition, the median jury
award for employment-practice cases has increased the last
two years.
The 61-page study showed
that awards for discrimination cases fell slightly, continuing
the seesaw trend of the past six years.
What's more, age discrimination and
disability discrimination plaintiffs received the most compensation
from juries over the seven-year period studied.
Employment Practice Liability: Jury
Award Trends and Statistics — 2004 Edition provides
jury-verdict trends for constructive discharge, hostile
work environment, retaliation, sexual harassment and wrongful
termination, and includes an analysis of plaintiff recovery
trends — the ratio of plaintiff verdicts to total verdicts.
The report also contains trends in federal district court
and state court awards, as well as summaries of top awards
in employment-practice liability.
Copies of Employment Practice Liability:
Jury Award Trends and Statistics — 2004 Edition
are available from Jury Verdict Research® for $32.50
plus $5.50 shipping and handling. To order or for more information,
log on to www.juryverdictresearch.com, call 1-800-341-7874,
or e-mail custserve@lrp.com.
Jury Verdict Research® maintains
the only nationwide database of more than 239,000 plaintiff
and defense verdicts, and settlements resulting from personal
injury claims. The data are reported, tabulated and analyzed
to determine values, trends and deviations for 400 injuries
and 300 liabilities.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: For a free
media-review copy of Current Award Trends in Personal
Injury — 43rd Edition, call Gary Bagin at 215-784-0941,
ext. 6370, or
e-mail garyb@lrp.com. garyb@lrp.com.
