Aged Win Big With Employment Suits

With a median jury award of $268,926 , age discrimination plaintiffs won the most money among all types of plaintiffs in employment discrimination cases between 1994 and 2000, according to a study by Jury Verdict Research. Announcing the study yesterday, the Horsham, Pa.-based firm said that the median award for all types of employment discrimination cases in that time-period—sex, race, disability, and age—was $150,000. Disability claims came in a distant second behind age claims, with a median award of $175,001, while sex and race case median awards were $100,000 and $120,951, over the 1994-2000 time period. Analyzing award amounts by year, the study found that the median award for all types of discrimination cases in 2001 was $218,000—44 percent higher than the median of $151,000 reported for 2000.