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K.S.A. § 44-1042 (2026)

Award of compensatory damages; reduction

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44-1042. Award of compensatory damages; reduction. If the commission includes an award of compensatory damages in any final order entered against a respondent after a hearing or if an award of compensatory damages against a respondent is included in a conciliation agreement, the total amount of such damages awarded shall be reduced by the amount of any compensation received by the complainant as a direct result of the alleged act of discrimination from the time the alleged act of discrimination occurred until the time such order is entered or agreement is entered into.

History: L. 1975, ch. 264, § 9; July 1.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Commission has no authority to award compensatory or punitive damages. Woods v. Midwest Conveyor Co., 231 Kan. 763, 770, 771, 777, 648 P.2d 234 (1982).


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Cited in 1 case, 1982–1982 · leading case: Woods v. Midwest Conveyor Co., 648 P.2d 234 (Kan. 1982).
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Woods v. Midwest Conveyor Co., 648 P.2d 234 (Kan. 1982). · cites it 6× “K.S.A. 44-1042 has been mentioned as a source of authority for awarding compensatory damages for pain, suffering, and humiliation.”
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