Government
Jul. 31, 2019
New law bars consideration of race, ethnicity and gender in damage award
Judges and juries will no longer be able to consider a plaintiff’s race, ethnicity or gender when calculating civil damages for lost earnings after legislation signed Tuesday by Governor Gavin Newsom becomes effective next year.
Judges and juries will no longer be able to consider a plaintiff's race, ethnicity or gender when calculating civil damages for lost earnings after legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom becomes effective next year.
SB 41 was authored by Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, who argued that women and minority plaintiffs are often shortchanged when tort compensation is determined using wage statistics that reflect existing pay d...
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