lawsuit awards

System

I have to give a presentation next week regarding ways to avoid employment litigation. I would love to have some statistics to present that show the average jury award for employment-related lawsuits , average out of court settlements,and/or the average cost to just to defend a charge (even if the company prevails). Does anyone have such statistics or know where I might be able to obtain them?

Don D

A couple of years ago I got a labor attorney to present sexual harassment training to management. He brougt and passed out a two or three page list of cases by company name, type of charge, settlement amount, etc. I don't know where he downloaded it from, but it was obviously off an internet site his firm subscribed to. By the way, good idea! I can tell you that the senior management perked up when they held that printout and saw the names of companies and monetary awards.

TN HR

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 02-09-05 AT 03:08PM (CST)[/font][br][br]I did this recently and the statistics I got from various sources, including the law firm we retain, were as follows:

$150,000 per plaintiff to defend all the way through trial (don't confuse this with the slightly lower figure to get to summary judgement).

Average verdict is $350,000 not including attorney's fees.

These figures are strictly for title VII related matters.

I hope this helps.

Gene

System

Yes it does help, thanks. You don't by chance know where he obtained those stats do you?

TN HR

Yes, the American Bar Association and personal knowledge. The firm does a lot of training, so it happened to be figures they have handy.

I know for a fact that the cost of defense figure is accurate, as I happen to be in the midst of one now. It is right on track to hit the $135-150K if we don't get summary judgement.

Good luck with this. I like your approach.

Crout

[url]www.eeoc.gov[/url] is an excellent source of statistics.