Labor/Employment
Sep. 16, 2006
'Murphy' Won't Ease Settling Employment Claims Involving Emotional Distress
EMPLOYMENT-- By now, most employment lawyers have heard the drumbeat of optimism resulting from the Aug. 22, 2006, decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Murphy v. Internal Revenue Service, 05-5139, in which the courcourt held that emotional-distress damages for nonphysical injuries may be excluded from income.
By Deborah Rothman
By now, most employment lawyers have heard the drumbeat of optimism resulting from the Aug. 22, 2006, decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Murphy v. Internal Revenue Service, 05-5139, in which the court held that emotional-distress damages for nonphysical injuries may be excluded from income. But before they s...
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