Employment Verdicts on the Rise
Mark Toss from the Manpower Employment Blawg notes some great new trends for employee rights. Mark obtained his information from the latest study from Jury Verdict Research. I just ordered my own copy of the study from here. Here are some of the highlights from Mark’s post.
1. Median Employment Verdicts are up 60% from last year to $326K from $208K
2. Employees had a 61% win rate
3. Employees should avoid federal court because they have a better chance of losing and will recover less money if they do win.
4. Employees win more money and more often in state court.
5. Age discrimination cases have the highest win rates and the highest verdicts
6. The average employment settlement was $90,000, a 20% increase over last year.
These are great numbers for employees. The statistics were not nearly so good in past years so this is a great new trend for employee rights.
