Lawyers for a former deputy attorney general who sued the state of New Jersey for sexual harassment will collect more than $700,000 in attorneys' fees, an amount equal to the total damages awarded to their client. A jury awarded Barbara Davis $350,000 for lost wages and psychological distress and $350,000 in punitive damages. The punitives award was charged personally to Richard Carley, a former assistant attorney general in the Division of Criminal Justice, who was found to be the principal harasser.
June 01, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The lawyers for a former deputy attorney general who sued the state for sexual harassment at the hands of her superiors will collect more than $700,000 in attorneys’ fees — an amount equal to the total damages awarded to their client.
Superior Court Judge Maria Sypek issued the fee-shifting order on May 21, almost a year after a Mercer County jury awarded former Deputy Attorney General Barbara Davis $350,000 for lost wages and psychological distress and $350,000 in punitive damages.
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