$750,000

Case Details

City of St. Louis jury awards lifelong St. Louisan Beverly Brennan-daughter of legendary St. Louis Cardinals’ broadcaster Jack Buck and sister of legendary nationwide sportscaster Jack Buck-$750,000 in emotional distress damages against Harris-Stowe State University for creating a decades-long hostile work-environment based on gender. Ms. Brennan was both Harris-Stowe’s Director of Speech & Theater and a faculty member in the university’s theater department for over 20 years. The jury heard extensive testimony from, not just Ms. Brennan, but her former female colleagues that the university’s male dominated leadership hired, promoted, and retained male employees over better qualified female employees. After a nearly six-day trial, the jury returned a $750,000 verdict in Ms. Brennan’s favor with the trial court subsequently awarding Ms. Brennan an additional $1,212,426.46 in attorneys’ fees and court costs-for a total verdict of $1,962,426.64.