HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A former Penn State assistant football coach's treatment by the school after Jerry Sandusky was arrested entitles him to more than $12 million, a judge said Wednesday in a ruling that substantially increased last month's jury award.
Judge Thomas Gavin ruled in favor of Mike McQueary's whistleblower claim , adding more than $5 million to the $7.3 million jury verdict for defamation and misrepresentation.
"Only when the `Sandusky Matter' became public was Mr. McQueary subjected to disparate treatment and adverse employment consequences," Gavin wrote. He said the decision to order McQueary to keep out of athletic facilities after placing him on administrative leave with pay in November 2011 "was the equivalent of banishment.