Weingarten v. Optima Communications Systems, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Lana Weingarten brought the above-captioned action against her former employer, defendant Optima Communications Systems, Inc. (“Optima”) for hostile work environment sexual harassment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) and New York State Human Rights Law. On December 18 and 19, 2007, the case was tried before a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the amount of five thousand dollars in compensatory damages and fifty thousand dollars in punitive…