The report notes that the university has settled the case for "a lesser amount" than the verdicts totalling $12.3 million awarded to McQueary, plus an additional $1.7 million to cover attorney's fees and costs. The audit footnote did not, however, provide a specific amount, because of confidentiality promises made in the settlement agreement.
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Judge Thomas Gavin ruled in favor of Mike McQueary's whistleblower claim , adding more than $5 million to the $7.3 million jury verdict for defamation and misrepresentation. "Only when the `Sandusky Matter' became public was Mr. McQueary subjected to disparate treatment and adverse employment consequences," Gavin wrote.
Credit... A Pennsylvania jury on Thursday, in a defamation case against Penn State University, awarded $7.3 million to Mike McQueary, the former assistant football coach who in 2001 told Coach Joe Paterno that he had witnessed Jerry Sandusky sexually abusing a child in the locker room shower.
McQueary had been seeking more than $4 million in lost wages and other damages, saying he was defamed by a statement the school president released the day Sandusky was charged, retaliated against for helping with the Sandusky investigation and misled by school administrators.
Jurors deliberated for about four hours in Mike McQueary's defamation and misrepresentation suit.
Gavin's ruling, which pertained to the whistleblower part of the case, granted McQueary nearly $4 million in lost wages.
The judge said McQueary was humiliated in several respects, including "being told to clean out his office in the presence of Penn State personnel, an action that suggests he had done something wrong and was not to be trusted .".
ARRISBURG, Pa. -- A former Penn State assistant football coach's treatment by the school after Jerry Sandusky was arrested entitles him to more than $12 million, a judge said Wednesday in a ruling that substantially increased last month's jury award. H.
Judge Thomas Gavin ruled in favor of Mike McQueary's whistleblower claim , adding more than $5 million to the $7.3 million jury verdict for defamation and misrepresentation. "Only when the `Sandusky Matter' became public was Mr. McQueary subjected to disparate treatment and adverse employment consequences," Gavin wrote.
McQueary has been a particular target for criticism over the past five years as strong feelings about the Sandusky scandal have divided the university community. He has not been able to find a job, either in the coaching field or even entry-level retail positions.