Legal Opinion
Maria N. Gracia v. SigmaTron International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 29, 2016No. 15-3311PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Maria Gracia sued her employer, Sigma-Tron, International, Inc., for sexual harassment and for terminating her in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment. A jury found in favor of SigmaTron on the claim of sexual harassment but returned a verdict for Gracia on the retaliation count. SigmaTron challenges both the judgment in Gracia’s favor and the amount of damages awarded by the jury. We affirm.
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Maria Gracia entered the workforce at the age of sixteen. After holding jobs at Burger King, Dollar Tree and various staffing companies, Gracia began working on the assembly…
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