Former L.A. Times Columnist T.J. Simers' Jury Award is Cut by $2.1 Million

A judge has cut $2.1 million from a $7.1-million award to former Los Angeles Times sports columnist T.J. Simers, ruling Monday that there was little or no evidence to support a jury's conclusion that he had been forced out of his $234,000-a-year job.

But while ordering a retrial on Simers' claim of constructive termination, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William A. MacLaughlin let stand, with scant explanation, the jury's award of $5 million in damages on his claims of discrimination based on age and disability.

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