All cultural discussions aside, I don't see why certain members of a suit should be awarded higher damages for the same offense....unless such discrepencies are readily apparent.
For instance, if I got scammed out of $5, and you got scammed by the same company out of $10, we filed a joint suit and won, it would seem fair that I would receive $5, while you'd get $10. In this case, I don't see where there is a clear discrepency between the negative affects of the offense on different members of the suit...especially in reference to their sex. > So, consider the following quote from > > http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2004/12/27/settlement_reached_in_strip_search_lawsuit_against_york_county_jail/ > > The agreement stipulates that women members of the suit will get > double the payout as men because previous jury verdicts have generally > given higher awards to women because of the perception that strip > searches are more intrusive and humiliating for them than for men. The > plaintiff's attorneys are seeking 30 percent of the settlement fund, > or $990,000. > > I was wondering what folks thoughts are on the fairness of this. I > find this especially interesting in light of the earlier issue this > week with the professor who basically said women were not going as far > in science because of genetics. > > This seems to be a bit two faced. It is wrong to say women do not have > the same potential for science (and I certainly agree with that), but > it is ok to say that a strip search hurts women more than men and > therefore they need more money? > > Or am I crazy? ;) I'm defintely curious to see if anyone supports > this, and why. > > -- > ======================================================================= > Raymond Camden, Director of Development for Mindseye, Inc > (www.mindseye.com) > > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog : ray.camdenfamily.com > Yahoo IM : cfjedimaster > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Now there’s a better way to fax. eFax makes it possible to use your existing email account to send and receive faxes. Try eFax free. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=63 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143538 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
