GENDER EQUITY LAWSUIT DETROIT (AP) (wgvu) - THE MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
MUST PAY 7.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN LEGAL BILLS AND INTEREST FOR ITS
FIGHT TO MAINTAIN A SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOUND TO HAVE DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST GIRLS.
U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE RICHARD ENSLEN IN KALAMAZOO HAS ORDERED THE
ASSOCIATION TO PAY 4.4 MILLION DOLLARS IN ATTORNEYS' FEES.
MOST OF IT IS TO GO TO A VIRGINIA LAWYER FOR A GROUP OF GRAND
RAPIDS-AREA MOTHERS WHO SUED THE MHSAA NEARLY 10 YEARS AGO.
ENSLEN ALSO AWARDED MORE THAN 5 PERCENT ANNUAL INTEREST ON THE
JUDGMENT FROM THE DATE THE SUIT WAS FILED IN JUNE 1998, SWELLING
THE TOTAL PAYOUT TO 7.4 MILLION DOLLARS.
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