JACKSON, Mississippi -- Denise Taylor, a former Jackson State women's basketball coach, was awarded $200,000 for an invasion of privacy claim in a lawsuit filed against the university.U.S. District Court Judge Henry T. Wingate ruled early Friday in favor of Taylor's claim of emotional pain and suffering damages but declined to grant Taylor compensation for future pecuniary losses.
"We feel this is vindication for coach Taylor," Taylor's lawyer Louis Watson said.
Taylor coached at JSU for 10 seasons and led the program to the 2008 SWAC Tournament title. The university fired her in June 2011. She filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Jackson on Jan. 24, 2012, against the university, alleging wrongful termination, sexual discrimination, invasion of privacy and breach of contract.
In December, a jury ruled in favor of Taylor's claim that the university breached her contract and awarded her $182,000. The jury dismissed her sexual discrimination and retaliation claims.
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