Legal Opinion
Talavera-Ibarrondo v. Municipality of San Sebastian
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided October 31, 2012No. Civil No. 09-1942 (FAB)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BESOSA, District Judge.
On September 30, 2011, a jury returned a verdict for $3.6 million1 in favor of plaintiffs Marilyn Talavera-Ibarrondo and Esperenza Rosa, (collectively, “plaintiffs”), and against defendant Municipality of San Sebastian (“defendant Municipality”). (Docket Nos. 145 & 146.) Because the jury did not allocate the compensatory damages between plaintiffs’ Title VII and Puerto Rico law claims pursuant to Law 692 and Law 17,3 the Court apportioned the award, per plaintiff, as follows: $1.00 in compensatory damages to the Title VII claim, and $449,999, the…
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