Penn State Whistle-Blower in Child Sex Case Gets $5M More

Nov. 30, 2016, 11:56 PM UTC

Pennsylvania State University must pay about $4.97 million more to former assistant football coach Michael McQueary for mistreatment after he reported seeing then-assistant coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abusing a boy, a state court judge ordered (McQueary v. Pa. State Univ., Pa. Ct. Com. Pl., No. 2012-1804, order 11/30/16).

The Nov. 30 award includes about $3.97 million in lost wages and associated taxes and $1 million in non-economic damages such as loss of reputation and humiliation. This may overlap with the $7.3 million in damages a jury verdict awarded Oct. 27 was intended to cover, Judge Thomas G. Gavin ...

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