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How-To: Settle Your Discrimination Case


Background: You have initiated a lawsuit
Problem: You are not sure how to draft a settlement offer
Solution: You follow this guide for drafting your settlement offer

I. Definitions

Settlement
"conclusive resolving of a matter; especially, a compromise achieved by adverse parties in a civil suit before final judgment, whereby they agree between themselves upon their respective rights and obligations, thus eliminating the necessity of judicial resolution of the controversy."
Source: Barron's Dictionary of Legal Terms, Steven H. Gifis, 5th Edition; © 2016

II. Legal Citations

Rule 28-106.209 FAC | Pre-Hearing Conferences
"At any time after a matter has been filed with the agency, the presiding officer may direct the parties to confer for the purpose of clarifying and simplifying issues, discussing the possibilities of settlement..."
Rule 60Y-2.004 FAC | General Description of Organization and Functions of Commission Staff
"The Office of Employment Investigations has the following additional duties:
(a) Seek to encourage settlement between parties;"
Rule 1.200 Fla. R. Civ. P. | Pretrial Procedure
"At such a [case management] conference the court may:
(10) pursue the possibilities of settlement;"
Rule 1.442 Fla. R. Civ. P. | Proposals for Settlement
(1) A proposal shall be in writing and shall identify the applicable Florida law under which it is being made.

(2) A proposal shall:
(A) name the party or parties making the proposal and the party or parties to whom the proposal is being made;

(B) state that the proposal resolves all damages that would otherwise be awarded in a final judgment in the action in which the proposal is served, subject to subdivision (F);

(C) state with particularity any relevant conditions;

(D) state the total amount of the proposal and state with particularity all nonmonetary terms of the proposal;

(E) state with particularity the amount proposed to settle a claim for punitive damages, if any;

(F) state whether the proposal includes attorneys’ fees and whether attorneys’ fee are part of the legal claim; and

(G) include a certificate of service in the form required by Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.516.
Rule 16 Fed. R. Civ. P. | Pretrial Conferences; Scheduling; Management
(a) PURPOSES OF A PRETRIAL CONFERENCE. In any action, the court may order the attorneys and any unrepresented parties to appear for one or more pretrial conferences for such purposes as:
(5) facilitating settlement.
29 CFR §1601.20 | Negotiated Settlement
(a) Prior to the issuance of a determination as to reasonable cause the Commission may encourage the parties to settle the charge ...

(b) In the alternative, the Commission may facilitate a settlement between the person claiming to be aggrieved and the respondent by permitting withdrawal of the charge pursuant to § 1601.10.
29 CFR §1603.108 | Settlement and Alternative Dispute Resolution
(a) The parties are at all times free to settle all or part of a complaint on terms that are mutually agreeable. Any settlement reached shall be in writing and signed by both parties and shall identify the allegations resolved.

III. Samples

Duval County (FL)
# PDF Comments
001logoAdobeDuval Case | 2011 | General Release; ExecutiveiconPriceTag
DOAH
# PDF Comments
201logoAdobeFCHR Case | 1992 | General Release | Software Company | Embedded in ROiconPriceTag
202logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2000 | Housing | $5,000iconPriceTag
203logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2001 | Professional Licensing | Complete Accredited CourseiconPriceTag
204logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2000 | Employment | $8,900 | Heirs BoundiconPriceTag
205logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2001 | Employment | $15,500 | Great ModeliconPriceTag
206logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2001 | Employment | 3-Months Salary | Overpayment; Unemployment CompiconPriceTag
207logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2001 | Employment | $4,000 | Reference LettericonPriceTag
208logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2001 | Employment | Got Sick; Amended termination basisiconPriceTag
209logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2002 | Employment | $25,000 | Bankruptcy; No admission of guilt; nice modeliconPriceTag
210logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2002 | Employment | $12,500 | Mediation paid; Unemployment Comp; Gag OrdericonPriceTag
211logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2002 | Employment | $50 | Resign voluntarily; nice modeliconPriceTag
212logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2002 | Employment | $5,000iconPriceTag
213logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2002 | Employment | $500 | Resign voluntarilyiconPriceTag
214logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2002 | Employment | Effectuates Resignation; No admission of guilticonPriceTag
215logoAdobeLicensure case; RevokediconPriceTag
216logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2003 | Employment | Nice modeliconPriceTag
217logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2003 | Employment | $500 | NiceiconPriceTag
218logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2004 | Employment | $6,000 | Apology lettericonPriceTag
219logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2004 | Employment | $8,500 | No admission of guilt; no reinstatement; nice modeliconPriceTag
220logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2004 | Employment | 12-weeks pay | Resign voluntarilyiconPriceTag
221logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2004 | Employment | Rescind demotioniconPriceTag
222logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2005 | Housing | Physically incapacitated; parking spoticonPriceTag
223logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2005 | Employment | $11,000 | Bunch of legalese; very longiconPriceTag
224logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2005 | Employment | $15,000 | Plaintiff/Petitioner = FCHRiconPriceTag
225logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2005 | Employment | $3,216 | "Taxation of Costs"iconPriceTag
226logoAdobeFCHR Cas6 | 2005 | Employment | $3,500iconPriceTag
227logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2007 | Employment | Notarized; great model;iconPriceTag
228logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2007 | Employment | Great modeliconPriceTag
229logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2008 | Employment | $5,000iconPriceTag
230logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2008 | Employment | Personnel fileiconPriceTag
231logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2008 | Employment | $100 | Letter of RecommendationiconPriceTag
232logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2010 | Employment | $10,400iconPriceTag
233logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2013 | Severance Agreement | $5,001iconPriceTag
234logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2014 | Empoyment | $2,000 | No admission of guilticonPriceTag
235logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2017 | Empoyment | $100 | Resign voluntarilyiconPriceTag
236logoAdobeFCHR Case | 2019 | Empoyment | $50,000 | Worker's Comp; Life Expectancy; Child Support ArrearageiconPriceTag


IV. Templates

# Link Comments
001iconMSWordOffer | Replace the placeholder tags with real information (eg "[plfName]" becomes "John Doe").iconPriceTag
101iconMSWordAgreement A | Replace the placeholder tags with real information (eg "[plfName]" becomes "John Doe").iconPriceTag
102iconMSWordAgreement B | Replace the placeholder tags with real information (eg "[plfName]" becomes "John Doe").iconPriceTag


V. Quick Commentary

  • You shouldn't file this document.
    • Rule 1.442(d) Fla. R. Civ. P.
      • "(d) Service and Filing. A proposal shall be served on the party or parties to whom it is made but shall not be filed unless necessary to enforce the provisions of this rule."

  • Note: some juries frown upon the clauses that exclude "heirs, etc."
    "Moore’s insurer, GEICO, tried to settle, but claimants found GEICO’s efforts inadequate, primarily because (1) GEICO provided a form document that released, not only its insureds, but also “all officers, directors, agents or employees of the foregoing [named insureds], their heirs, executors, administrators, agents,2or assigns” (Jt. ex. 22 at 2), and (2) GEICO provided vague and incomprehensible affidavits from its insureds, the Moores, regarding the possible availability of additional insurance.3 Rejecting GEICO’s efforts to settle their bodily injury claims, claimants sued Moore in Florida state court, where a jury returned a verdict of approximately $45 million in claimants’ favor."
  • Feel free to use the template (see Part III - above) to help draft your 'Settlement Agreement'
  • Please download as many sample documents as you'd like
  • Save the final version as a PDF file.
  • Serve the state agency with the directions

VI. Bibliography

VII. Conclusion

With the use of the template (as well as the samples above), you can more easily draft a settlement offer & settlement agreement.

...POINTS & THINGS...

Congratulations! You're now booked up on how to draft your Settlement Proposal!

Please get the justice you deserve.

Sincerely,



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