Former University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey coach Shannon Miller has accepted a reduced monetary award in her federal discrimination lawsuit against the university.
Former UMD women's hockey coach accepts reduced award
Including legal fees, damages and pay and benefits, Miller is set to receive more than $4.3 million.
October 1, 2019 at 12:33PM
On Sept. 9 United States District Judge Patrick Schiltz called her $3 million award "shockingly excessive" and instead offered $750,000 in noneconomic damages on top of her $1.2 million awarded for pay and benefits.
"Coach Miller has decided to accept the court's order in its entirety," attorney Donald Chance Mark Jr. wrote in a letter filed Monday.
UMD declined to renew Miller's contract late in 2014. The following year she, along with two other now-former women's team coaches, sued the university alleging discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation, among other allegations. A jury found in Miller's favor in March 2018.
Miller, who led the women's hockey team for 16 years, will receive a total of $1.9 million in noneconomic damages and pay and benefits and an additional $2.4 million for legal fees and expenses.
UMD spokesperson Lynne Williams said the university "is still assessing the appropriate next steps."
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