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Juror decisions about damages in employment discrimination cases

✍ Scribed by Edith Greene; Cheryl Downey; Jane Goodman-Delahunty

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 138 KB
Volume: 17
Category: Article
ISSN: 0735-3936
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0798(199901/03)17:1<107::aid-bsl330>3.0.co;2-x

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✦ Synopsis

This article examines in¯uences on mock juror and jury decision making regarding damages in an employment discrimination case. We examined the eects of expert economic testimony, suggested awards, and con¯icting economic testimony on decisions regarding lost wages and bene®ts and pain and suering. Participants heard excerpts of an age discrimination lawsuit in which liability had previously been determined in the plainti's favor. We varied whether suggested awards were included and if so, whether they were presented by attorneys, a plainti's expert economist,

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