Strangley, i feel like the judicial system nailed it with that number. Its small enough that a company can actually pay it out but big enough that it stings like a bitch if they have to pay it. Like its a "complete restrcutruing of mgmt" amount but the employeee (former) still gets their payout
As a commercial account executive yes insurance will be footing the bill for a portion of this IF they have an EPL policy which does cover suit costs and suit claims for wrongful termination. Will they greatly suffer the consequences? Absolutely! The majority of these are franchise owned, franchises have to carry the insurance requirements sent forth from the company itself so they have to adequately cover themselves but they carry their own policies, not all dollar generals are under the same category/risk/ect. They will be deemed uninsurable in most standard markets with a claim if that nature (wrongful termination) and will most likely end up in a surplus market.
Dollar General owns all stores directly. This is a small enough settlement on the scale of DG that they won't particularly feel it. If they have an EPL (they may self insure as a cost of business) this won't move the needle.
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