United States Ninth Circuit

In a labor and employment action, the district court's order denying an adjustment in plaintiff's damages award from a successful discrimination suit, to account for increased tax liabilities from his lump-sum back-pay award, is vacated and remanded where district courts may, at their discretion, 'gross up' a lump-sum payment in employment discrimination suits to account for a prevailing employee's resulting increased tax liability.

Appellate Information

• Published 2017/11/03

Judges

• OWENS

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel