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AJC Article - MaChelle Joseph files lawsuit against Georgia Tech alleging sex discrimination
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<blockquote data-quote="LibertyTurns" data-source="post: 603045" data-attributes="member: 789"><p>My company recently had a woman quit. 3 months later (this week) came the letter from the lawyer:</p><p></p><p>Hostile work environment</p><p>Disparate treatment</p><p>Age discrimination</p><p>Race discimmination</p><p>Sex discrimmination</p><p>Harassment</p><p>Negligent supervision</p><p>An odd one- recharacterized job description without consent</p><p></p><p>In my state, 67% of lawsuits are favorable to the plaintiff at trial. 10% result in more than a $1M settlement. Avg arbitration settlement is about $50k. About 70% are settled out of court. These are not made up numbers, these are fact as I was just handed the playbook earlier this week so I could vote.</p><p></p><p>Do the math: the average cost per claim to an employer is $235k, the over/under if you will. That’s with I’m guessing an average compensated employee $50k/yr. In these cases you’re dealing with a high percentage that’s unable to create a good case prior to termination, you know the type.</p><p></p><p>Joseph got paid around $750k/yr or 15x that. That’s roughly an average of a $3.5M settlement. She had 3 years to get read with the help of a lawyer no doubt. No benefit there?</p><p></p><p>You’re GT & you can either pay her the roughly $3.5M or give her the finger & take your chances at trial while you “maintain the high road” in front of a dozen mutt & man hating jurors that hate GT. Then you got the monthly crap bombs lobbed at the Institute by the AGC, etc.</p><p></p><p>Some of you guys think this is a right or wrong issue. It’s not. It’s a classic make/buy decision. Is it cheaper for me to make, ie pay legal costs & hope I win or buy her off. The only difference here is normally in business you know your costs if you choose make. In this instance your cost may be small, medium or large & the odds are not in your favor regardless of how right you think you are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LibertyTurns, post: 603045, member: 789"] My company recently had a woman quit. 3 months later (this week) came the letter from the lawyer: Hostile work environment Disparate treatment Age discrimination Race discimmination Sex discrimmination Harassment Negligent supervision An odd one- recharacterized job description without consent In my state, 67% of lawsuits are favorable to the plaintiff at trial. 10% result in more than a $1M settlement. Avg arbitration settlement is about $50k. About 70% are settled out of court. These are not made up numbers, these are fact as I was just handed the playbook earlier this week so I could vote. Do the math: the average cost per claim to an employer is $235k, the over/under if you will. That’s with I’m guessing an average compensated employee $50k/yr. In these cases you’re dealing with a high percentage that’s unable to create a good case prior to termination, you know the type. Joseph got paid around $750k/yr or 15x that. That’s roughly an average of a $3.5M settlement. She had 3 years to get read with the help of a lawyer no doubt. No benefit there? You’re GT & you can either pay her the roughly $3.5M or give her the finger & take your chances at trial while you “maintain the high road” in front of a dozen mutt & man hating jurors that hate GT. Then you got the monthly crap bombs lobbed at the Institute by the AGC, etc. Some of you guys think this is a right or wrong issue. It’s not. It’s a classic make/buy decision. Is it cheaper for me to make, ie pay legal costs & hope I win or buy her off. The only difference here is normally in business you know your costs if you choose make. In this instance your cost may be small, medium or large & the odds are not in your favor regardless of how right you think you are. [/QUOTE]
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