Former Fresno State Coach Accepts Reduced Award in Discrimination Case

A former women's basketball coach at California State University at Fresno who sued the university for sex discrimination will accept a reduced award of $6.6-million.

A jury had awarded the former coach, Stacy Johnson-Klein, a record $19.1-million in December after an eight-week trial, but this month the judge who presided over the trial, Donald S. Black, of the State Superior Court in Fresno County, reduced the amount. He gave Ms. Johnson-Klein until February 22 to accept or reject

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