TRENDS IN EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LIABILITY, 2008-2012
Year Median (midpoint) award Probability range (1)
2008 $242,560 $63,750 - $673,032
2009 207,235 60,000 - 600,281
2010 172,000 50,000 - 385,000
2011 291,500 81,280 - 556,338
2012 70,000 12,544 - 265,000
(1) The middle 50 percent of all awards arranged in ascending order in a sampling, 25 percent above and below the median award. Source: Reprinted with permission of Thomson Reuters, Employment Practice Liability, Jury Award Trends And Statistics, 2013 edition.