Sandra Zahorian, Complainant v. Russell Fitt Real Estate Agency, Russell A. Fitt and Marion J. Fanning…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the Division on Civil Rights' finding that the respondents discriminated against the complainant on the basis of sex and marital status and held that the Director was authorized to award both economic loss and incidental compensatory damages for pain and suffering, as well as to order the respondents to submit vacancy lists and post the order. The Court reversed the Appellate Division's vacatur of the $750 pain‑and‑suffering award and its striking of the posting and reporting requirements, reinstating the full remedial order. Justice Hall, dissenting in part, argued that the statute does not permit any award for mental distress.