A school refused to renew a teacher’s contract. She sued, claiming retaliation because of her participation in an earlier Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) discrimination charge against the school by another employee. She claimed a failure to promote or transfer her position, harassment, and emotional distress. The school lost its Motion for Summary Judgment. The litigation was settled after about three years for $125,000, with another $106,000 spent in Costs of Defense. A school terminated a third-grade teacher after a family, a large donor, threatened to withdraw their daughter if the teacher was not fired. The claimant had taught at the school for 12 years without incident. Although the school denied any wrongdoing, there was little documentation to support the claimant’s termination. To avoid costly litigation, the school settled this matter for $200,000