About a year ago, we saw the case of Jane Doe, the University of Nebraska employee who claimed she was fired for being a witch. The woman, who was hired in February 2007, received satisfactory performance reviews at work. When her employer found out she was a member of the Reclaiming tradition of witchcraft, she was fired and replaced. She originally filed a complaint with the Nebraska Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which "found reasonable cause to believe religious discrimination had taken place."
Now, the university has settled out of court for $40,000. Attorney David Buntain said the university made the offer "solely to compromise the claim ... without admitting the validity of plaintiff's contention or any allegations of wrongdoing by the defendants." The plaintiff's attorneys will take a quarter of her settlement. The article does not state whether or not Jane Doe will be reinstated at her job, which was one of the requests in the original suit.
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Now, the university has settled out of court for $40,000. Attorney David Buntain said the university made the offer "solely to compromise the claim ... without admitting the validity of plaintiff's contention or any allegations of wrongdoing by the defendants." The plaintiff's attorneys will take a quarter of her settlement. The article does not state whether or not Jane Doe will be reinstated at her job, which was one of the requests in the original suit.
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when they settle out of court its a bit of a let down. the whole point of sueing for religious discrimination is to get the word out that this religion is being persecuted.
but i am glad she won her settlement.
Given the state of our economy I can understand why she settled out of court, but I like to think I wouldn’t have settled…
At least she was able to disclose the settlement amount.