Law360 has just reported that a jury in California has awarded $872,000 in compensatory damages and a whopping $185 million in punitive damages (more than was requested) to a plaintiff who claimed gender discrimination and retaliation in that “she was fired after complaining that she was demoted after giving birth.”

money : stack of dollars

The link to the Law360 story is:

http://www.law360.com/employment/articles/597232?nl_pk=03fa444f-5ac1-4329-814d-34d1f626de74&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=employment