Legal Opinion
Clifton v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 21, 2005PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
In 1999, a jury in the Superior Court found that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) had discriminated against the plaintiff in his employment on the basis of his race, in violation of G. L. c. 151B, § 4 (1) and (4), and awarded him $500,000 in compensatory damages for emotional distress and $5 million in punitive damages. After the plaintiff refused to accept a remittitur of the punitive damages award to $500,000, the trial judge ordered a new trial on the issue of punitive damages and reported the entire case to the Appeals Court. The Appeals Court modified the judge’s…
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