Ramirez v. IBP, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CROW, Senior District Judge.

This retaliatory discharge case comes before the court on the parties’ joint motion to resolve dispute concerning post-judgment interest. (Dk.148). After a three-day trial, the jury returned its verdict on April 5,1996, awarding the plaintiff $53,648 in lost wages and/or benefits and $28,477 in compensatory damages. The jury also found that IBP had acted in a willful, wanton or malicious manner in terminating the plaintiff in retaliation.

On the implied agreement of the parties, the calculation of punitive damages was reserved for the court in an…