Legal Opinion
Lois E. Wren v. W. Nyles Spurlock, Hugh Simmons and Carbon County School District Number One
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1986No. 83-2446PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment for plaintiff in a case arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant W. Nyles Spurlock, a public school principal, challenges a jury award of $113,000 compensatory and $7,500 punitive damages to plaintiff Lois E. Wren, a teacher who contended at trial that Spurlock harassed her in retaliation for her exercise of First Amendment rights.
Spurlock alleges that the trial court committed several errors in the conduct of the trial: (1) it should have granted a defense motion for directed verdict on at least one of three issues; (2) it incorrectly…
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