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

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court reinstated the Division on Civil Rights' order awarding the complainant $750 for pain and suffering and required the respondents to submit vacancy lists and post the order, holding that the Director has authority to grant such incidental damages under the Law Against Discrimination. The Court reversed the Appellate Division's vacatur of those provisions. Two dissenting opinions argued that the statute does not authorize mental‑distress awards.