FILE - In this February 2008 publicity image released by CBS Entertainment, host Drew Carey hosts pauses during a taping of of "The Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular," one of six new specials to be broadcast on the CBS Television Network. A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, overturned an $8.5 million jury verdict awarded to a former model on the show after determining that he had not properly instructed the panel. A retrial will be scheduled in Brandi Cochran's case versus the show's producers. (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton, File)
FILE - In this February 2008 publicity image released by CBS Entertainment, host Drew Carey hosts pauses during a taping of of "The Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular," one of six new specials to be broadcast on the CBS Television Network. A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday, March 12, 2013, overturned an $8.5 million jury verdict awarded to a former model on the show after determining that he had not properly instructed the panel. A retrial will be scheduled in Brandi Cochran's case versus the show's producers. (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A judge has overturned an $8.5 million verdict awarded to a former "Price is Right" model in a pregnancy discrimination case and says a new trial is necessary.
City News Service reports Judge Kevin Brazile ruled Tuesday that he didn't properly instruct the jury that ultimately sided 9-3 in Brandi Cochran's favor last year.
Cochran alleged she was discriminated against after becoming pregnant.
Brazile determined he should have instructed the jury to determine whether pregnancy discrimination was a substantial factor in the producers' decision to keep her from rejoining the cast after her child was born. He cited the divided verdict as a factor warranting a new trial.
Attorneys for Cochran and "Price is Right" producers FremantleMedia did not return calls seeking comment Wednesday.
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