Analysis of FCHR Case Outcomes | By Demographics
Plaintiff's Disability Status

Fact #1: For cases involving plaintiffs with a declared disability, 5% have resulted in a victory.

• This is slightly higher than for cases involving plaintiffs without a declared disability (4%)

Fact #2: For cases involving plaintiffs with a declared disability, 55% resulted in a loss

• This is slightly higher than for cases involving plaintiffs without a declared disability (51%)

Fact #3: For cases involving plaintiffs with a declared disability, 21% resulted in an explicit settlement

• This is slightly lower than for cases involving plaintiffs without a declared disability (22%)

Takeaway #1: Disability status has a small/negligible/non-existent impact on the outcome of a case. In other words, litigants-with-a-disability face the same fates as litigants-without-a-disability.

*Note: the demographic characteristics for many litigants is unknown. Which is why the “all” row doesn’t quite measure up to the sum of the individual pieces (see tables [above]).

Additional: These numbers can be further analyzed by:

(a) case type;
(b) charge (eg, age, col, etc.);
(c) determination impact; (ie, 'cause' vs 'no cause')
(d) legal representation; (ie, 'with attorney' vs 'without attorney')
(e) retaliation impact (ie, 'with' vs 'without' [retaliation]); and
(f) year;