Sharon B. Pollard, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

The parties in this wrongful discharge ease waived trial by jury; and the District Court, upon remand from this Court, found that the plaintiff, Sharon Pollard, should prevail on her claim against her employer, DuPont, for intentional infliction of emotional distress under Tennessee law. Originally, the District Court had granted summary judgment for DuPont on this claim. Upon remand, the Court awarded plaintiff a total of approximately $2.2 million in compensatory damages (for back pay, front pay and infliction of emotional distress) and $2.5 million in punitive…