Wrongful Termination Pain and Suffering...

by Karen
(Oklahoma)

I am planning to negotiate with a former employer. I have to come up with a number for them for pain and suffering and loss of income because of wrongful termination.

I was off work for 5 months, no one wanted to hire me because I was fired for something I did not do. What would you recommend for pain and suffering on a wrongful termination case? Thanks.

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ANSWER for "Wrongful Termination Pain and Suffering...":

Karen:

Regrettably and with few exceptions, Pain and Suffering are not recoverable damages in a Wrongful Termination case. You might want to consider Mental Anguish as an alternate demand.

With that in mind we suggest you calculate your lost wages for the 5 months you were out of work. Add to that figure parking lot fees, and (with gasoline soaring past the $5.00 mark) a pro-rated amount for the gasoline used while you were going to job interviews, and any other job-seeking items which only you would know.

Mental Anguish is a subjective term and one difficult to estimate as we really don’t know how difficult a time you had and how much anxiety you had to deal with during that terrible period when you were wrongfully accused of a crime.

In a case like yours, and as we mentioned, without more detailed information about the circumstances which led to your wrongful termination we have to leave that amount up to you.

If you are able to put together a brief but detailed account of what led to your dismissal, including, but not limited to, your embarrassment, alienation, and mental angst, we might be able to give you a better idea of an amount for Mental Anguish.

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Best of luck,

Law Guy

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