CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Smith

The petitioner herein and defendant below, CSX Transportation, Inc. (hereinafter “CSX”), appeals from an order entered November 19, 2011, by the Circuit Court of Boone County. By that order, the court denied CSX’s motion for post-trial relief ruling that the respondent herein and plaintiff below, Angela Smith (hereinafter “Ms. Smith”), had presented sufficient evidence to prove her hostile work environment claim; the jury had been instructed correctly on the law of retaliatory discharge; and the evidence supported the jury’s award of punitive damages. On appeal to this Court, CSX challenges…