Weyers v. Lear Operations Corp.

ORDER

LAUGHREY, District Judge.

Pending before the Court is Defendant Lear Operations Corporation, d/b/a Lear Corporation’s (“Lear”) Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law or in the Alternative for New Trial [Doc. 72], On October 24, 2001, a seven-member jury returned a verdict finding that Plaintiff Pamela Wey-ers (“Weyers”) was terminated by Lear because of her age. The jury also found that Weyers had been subject to age harassment in the workplace by Lear. On Weyers’ age harassment claim, the jury awarded $125,000 in actual damages and $500,000 in punitive damages. The award of punitive…