Legal Opinion
Coffey v. Fayette Tubular Products
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 3, 1996No. 01S01-9601-CV-00003PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Judge.
In this retaliatory discharge action, the plaintiff, Geneva Coffey, appeals from two aspects of the Court of Appeals’ judgment: (1) its suggested remittance of the punitive damage award from $500,000 to $150,000; and (2) its disallowance of the $20,000 in “front pay” awarded by the trial court. After a careful consideration of the law and the record in this case, we conclude that the Court of Appeals erred in both respects. Therefore, we reverse that court’s judgment, and reinstate, in its entirety, the judgment rendered by the trial court.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
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