Bell v. Potter

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ (SIC) MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE FOR A NEW TRIAL (# 84)

COLLINGS, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On June 4, 2002, following a six-day trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff Candy Bell (“Bell” or “plaintiff’) on her Title VII retaliation claim as against the defendant John E. Potter, in his official capacity as Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service (“Potter” or “defendant”). Ten days later on June 14, 2002, the defendant filed his renewed motion for judgment as a matter of…