United States v. Vulcan Society, Inc.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS, District Judge.

Today the court discusses how compensatory damages for noneconomic harm are to be awarded to black victims of the City of New York’s discriminatory entry-level firefighter exams. Although the court held a bench trial in August 2011 to determine the noneconomic benefits of the job of New York City firefighter, it now concludes that those benefits are not relevant to the compensatory damages owed to claimants, and thus declines to make findings of fact based on the bench trial. Instead, a claimant may be granted compensatory damages only if…