Award of compensatory damages; reduction

44-1042. Award of compensatory damages; reduction. If the commission includes an award of compensatory damages in any final order entered against a respondent after a hearing or if an award of compensatory damages against a respondent is included in a conciliation agreement, the total amount of such damages awarded shall be reduced by the amount of any compensation received by the complainant as a direct result of the alleged act of discrimination from the time the alleged act of discrimination occurred until the time such order is entered or agreement is entered into. History: L. 1975, ch. 264, § 9; July 1. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Commission has no authority to award compensatory or punitive damages. Woods v. Midwest Conveyor Co., 231 Kan. 763, 770, 771, 777, 648 P.2d 234 (1982).