After a one-week trial, a jury in Colorado found that a high school basketball coach’s firing was unfair and racially discriminatory, and awarded $2,500,000 in damages. The jury determined that the coach had suffered $200,000 in economic damages, $1,300,000 in emotional damages, and also awarded $1,000,000 in punitive damages against the Colorado High School Activities Association.

Juries increasingly understand the real harm caused by discrimination, and they aren’t afraid to take emotional damages into account.

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