Walden v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.-

This is an appeal by plaintiffs Linda S. Walden, James P. Murphy, and George C. Poirier from an order of the district court denying them a new trial in an employment discrimination case following a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, Georgia-Pacific Corporation. The plaintiffs contend that the district court abused its discretion in not granting them a new trial in the face of errors in the jury charge and in the exclusion of certain evidence. We affirm.

First, we reject plaintiffs’ contention that their proffered evidence of retaliatory animus…