Legal Opinion
Austrum v. Federal Cleaning Contractors, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided June 3, 2016No. CASE NO.:14-cv-81245-KAMPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KENNETH A. MARRA, United States District Judge
This matter is before the Court on Defendant’s motion for partial judgment as a matter of law as to Plaintiffs claim for punitive damages. For the following reasons, the motion is denied.
I. Background
Plaintiff Fitz Austrum brought this employment discrimination case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against Defendant Federal Cleaning Contractors, Inc. (“Federal”). After Austrum closed his case-in-chief, Federal moved for partial judgment as a matter of law as to Austrum’s claims for punitive damages.1 The…
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