In a previous EEOC claim the depositions of wife, friend and cousin hurt the case, because they all contradicted another.
This is usually not the case with someone who suffers after being discriminated in a hostile work environment.
The importance of testimony from such a close witness on daily activities, communication, mood swings, and even appetite and the way the complainant treats his family and friends can be used to help build the eeoc civil rights discrimination. The citation they use for this very valuable information and high in the weight of the claim is Carle.
The importance of Carle was to decrease the burden on the complainant. The complainant was not required to produce expert witnesses to provide the same kind of valuable information that the closest people to the complainant cove give, without the need of spending, or borrowing from life savings to pay for tens of thousands of dollars to expert witnesses.
Viewing the record as a whole the Commission finds that complainant incurred non-pecuniary losses in the form of emotional distress as a result of the discrimination at issue in the instant matter. The statements provided by complainant, his wife, his friend, and his cousin, are the type of evidence envisioned in Carle which can be used to support a claim of non-pecuniary losses. See Carle, EEOC Appeal No. 01922369.
