Modest Payment Settles High School Discrimination Case

A school district pays out a small sum but gets what it wants in the settlement of a gender-discrimination lawsuit; "Sports Law" contributor John T. Wolohan explains why settlements are the rule and not the exception.

A gender-discrimination lawsuit filed against the Exeter (Calif.) Union High School District has been resolved with a modest payment and an agreement to part ways - permanently. Former Exeter High School girls' basketball coach Linda Wachter, who did not teach at the school, got $75,000, while the district apparently got what it wanted: It admitted no liability, and Wachter agreed to never seek re-employment at any Exeter public school.

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