This is the exact wording on the lawsuit:
"Within seventy-five (75) calendar days of entry of this Order, Defendant shall pay [PII Removed] the sum of seventy-two thousand five hundred dollars and zero cents ($72,500.00), which is comprised of forty-three thousand dollars and zero cents ($43,000.00) in back wages and interest and twenty-nine thousand five hundred dollars and zero cents ($29,500.00) for non-pecuniary damages. This payment shall be made by check made out to [PII Removed] as the payee, and sent by priority mail to [PII Removed]".
There were NO punitive damages awarded. ALL of that 2nd payment of $29,500 was directly related to that physical injury that he sustained while he was on the job. So I guess my question is, are "non-pecuniary" damages taxable?
