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After legal fees and taxes, that's about 500,000. Hope it was worth it.

Depends on if the goal was a payday, or to send a message.

Well they did reject a $15m payout after they won the first trial.

Yes, because they wanted $160 million which is what their lawyers wanted in the second trail.

In the first suit jury awarded $137 million, judge lowered that to $15 and they had an option to get that or have a new trial.

They went with a new trial.

So yeah, it was all about the money.

What's worse, is that with the media coverage about this, a company is going to think twice about hiring that employee. I think lawsuits do more harm for the employee than good. Unless they just win an obscene amount of money to set themselves up for life, otherwise they have a scarlet letter.

Judgments aren't taxable income.

It depends, actually.

Please explain. Genuinely interested. Thanks.

Sorry not an expert but I read that it depends on what type of judgement you receive. If it's wages owed, as a sibling comment said, you have to pay taxes. Medical judgement - no. Punitive damages - yes.

I found this article as well which explains more in depth https://www.picnictax.com/are-legal-settlements-taxable-tax-...

Judgement for wages owed: taxable as wages

Judgement for damage: non-taxable

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