Legal Opinion
Jodie Henderson v. Simmons Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 16, 2000No. 99-1914PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
After a trial in district court, 2 a jury found that Simmons Foods, Inc. (Simmons) violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Arkansas Civil Rights Act of 1993 by failing to remedy a hostile work environment and constructively discharging its employee, Jodie Henderson. The jury awarded Henderson $60,000 in compensatory damages, $15,000 in lost wages, and $100,000 in punitive damages. In addition, the district court awarded Henderson $28,845 in attorneys’ fees. Simmons appeals. We affirm.
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Facts and Background
We recite the evidence in the light most…
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