Sex Discrimination

After a five-day trial, a Douglas County jury awarded $3.85 million earlier this month to Kristine Shaner, a former HDR vice president that had been with the company 18 years.  The 12-member jury deliberated three hours before unanimously agreeing that the company discriminated against Kristine based on her gender. The jury awarded her $2.57 million in lost wages and $1.28…

The University of Iowa settled our client’s sex discrimination case for $200,000 after we found a “smoking gun” in documents produced by the state during discovery. Read the Associated Press article by clicking here.