Torre v. JC Penney Co., Inc.

ORDER

EDWARD C. REED, Jr., District Judge.

Geraldine Torre worked as a clerk for the J.C. Penney Co. until she was fired in late 1991. She claims that Penney fired her in retaliation for her filing of a worker’s compensation claim in 1990, and that Liberty Mutual, Penney’s worker’s compensation insurance carrier, handled her claim in various ways forbidden by the state compensation statutes. Her husband, Paul Torre, claims that he suffered a loss of his wife’s consortium as a result of these events.

The Torres filed suit in the Nevada state court in October 1994, and, as all parties are diverse,…