Landmark EEOC $240M Verdict Reduced to $1.6M

May 14, 2013 22 view(s)
Landmark EEOC $240M Verdict Reduced to $1.6M

A jury recently awarded $7.5 million each to 32 mentally disabled Iowa plant workers who were abused for years, giving the Equal Employment Oppotunity Commission (EEOC) a short-lived historical verdict of $240 million.

This past Friday, however, both the EEOC and defendant Henry's Turkey Service agreed in legal briefs that federal law caps the recovery for each plaintiff at $50,000, reducing the total judgment to $1.6 million.

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