陪審／陪審員団: Univ. of Iowa 差別するd against 運動競技の 公式の／役人
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A 陪審／陪審員団 on Thursday awarded more than $1.4 million to a former University of Iowa 運動競技の 行政官／管理者, 判決，裁定 that the university had 差別するd against her because of her gender and 性の orientation.
Jane Meyer 申し立てられた／疑わしい she 苦しむd workplace 差別 as a gay woman in a 関係 with the school's longtime and 高度に successful field ホッケー coach Tracey Griesbaum, that the school 報復するd against her for complaining about Griesbaum's 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing, and that she was paid いっそう少なく than a male 相当するもの for 類似の work.
裁判官 Michael D. Huppert said the eight-person 陪審／陪審員団 設立する in 好意 of Meyer on all five counts.
FILE - In this April 18, 2011, とじ込み／提出する photo, Jane Meyer, former 上級の associate 運動競技の director at the University of Iowa, speaks in Normal, Ill. 弁護士／代理人／検事s gave の近くにing 声明s Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in a 差別 訴訟 とじ込み／提出するd by Meyer against the university. Meyer とじ込み／提出するd the 控訴 after 存在 transferred to another department after the 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing of Iowa field ホッケー coach Tracey Griesbaum, her partner. Meyer's 職業 was 除去するd in 2016. (Lori Ann Cook-Neisler/The Pantagraph 経由で AP, とじ込み／提出する)
"This is for everyone who has fought for 差別," Meyer said. "It's much bigger than Jane Meyer."
The 裁判，公判 lasted nearly three weeks and featured 証言 from Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz and 格闘するing coach Tom Brands.
The 陪審／陪審員団 began 審議する／熟考するing Wednesday and 配達するd its 調印（する）d 判決 on Thursday. Meyer's 弁護士／代理人／検事, Jill Zwagerman, said she 推定する／予想するs Iowa to 控訴，上告 the 判決 - partly because of the size of the award.
But Zwagerman also said that the $374,000 in lost 給料 the 陪審／陪審員団 awarded to Meyer can be ３倍になるd under Iowa 法律 because the 陪審／陪審員団 設立する Iowa's 活動／戦闘s to be 故意の. Zwagerman also said that they will とじ込み／提出する a request through the 法廷，裁判所s to 調査／捜査する （人命などを）奪う，主張するs of gender 差別 at Iowa.
A 訴訟 とじ込み／提出するd against the university by Griesbaum is 始める，決める to begin 早期に next month.
Meyer, who was Iowa's 最高の，を越す assistant and the 最高の，を越す 最高位の 女性（の） 運動競技のs 行政官／管理者 for a １０年間, とじ込み／提出するd the 訴訟 after 存在 transferred to another department soon after Griesbaum was 解雇する／砲火／射撃d. Meyer's 職業 was 除去するd in 2016.
Meyer's lawyers の近くにd their 事例／患者 by bringing up a 覚え書き from Meyer to 運動競技の director Gary Barta that 輪郭（を描く）d many of the 関心s of gender and 性の 差別 that 最終的に led her to 告訴する her former 雇用者. A day after Meyer gave the 覚え書き to Barta, she was 再任命するd outside of 運動競技のs.
"This is a 目印 事例／患者....Jane is amazing. She stood up and fought for herself and a lot of other women," Zwagerman said.
Meyer's lawyers also brought up an email from the university 認めるing that it was moving Meyer from the department because Griesbaum had 脅すd to 告訴する the school and that she had made their 関係 public through The Associated 圧力（をかける）.
Coaches Ferentz, Brands and Heller 非難するd Meyer as not 存在 responsive to their requests, 特に 伴う／関わるing 計画（する）s to 改善する 運動競技のs 施設s. Barta 証言するd some coaches were no longer willing to work with Meyer, 誘発するing him to decide to 雇う 遺伝子 Taylor as his 副.
Iowa Assistant 司法長官 George Carroll told 賠審員s that Meyer 最終的に was moved out of the department because she had behaved "intolerably" in the months に引き続いて Griesbaum's 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing. Carroll also argued that Iowa had no history of 差別 against gay coaches.
賠審員s awarded Meyer $444,000 in past emotional 苦しめる and $612,000 in 未来 emotional 苦しめる in 新規加入 to lost 給料, によれば Huppert.
Iowa spokeswoman Jeneane Beck said the "university is disappointed by the 陪審／陪審員団's 決定／判定勝ち（する）" but had no その上の comment.
Still, the 判決，裁定 was a blow to Barta, who has been with Iowa since 2006 and received a 契約 拡張 in 早期に 2016 that 保証（人）s him $4.6 million in 補償（金） through 2021.
As for Meyer, she said throughout the 裁判，公判 that her career in 運動競技のs was likely finished no 事柄 what the 陪審／陪審員団 decided. But after winning on every count, Meyer might 再考する that 姿勢.
"I would love for an 会・原則 to 雇う me. To stand up and say 'You know what? She stood up and wants to do the 権利 thing.'"
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Associated 圧力（をかける） Writer Ryan J. Foley 与える／捧げるd to this 報告（する）／憶測.
