Two people for six years in that industry they probably lost a lot more than $600k.

I doubt they were out of work for that whole time.

Particularly not with the free advertising they got from this.

They were held for a total of 20 hours.

Not relevant to the reputational damage which is particularly punishing in their line of work.

I wonder how much stigma contractors carry for being successful at filing lawsuits, no matter how legitimate the claim.

What reputational damage?