Legal Opinion
Orris Bowles v. Osmose Utilities Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 29, 2006No. 05-2069PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., appeals the judgment of the district court 1 in favor of Orris Bowles on his race discrimination claim. Osmose requests judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, that the punitive damages award be set aside or reduced. We affirm the district court’s judgment in all respects.
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Orris Bowles was hired in November, 2003, by Steve Fisher, an Osmose foreman, to work on Mr. Fisher’s utility pole treatment crew. On January 6, 2004, Mr. Bowles filed a lawsuit against Osmose under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 claiming that it had subjected him to a…
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