Legal Opinion
Talitha TINCHER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 20, 1997No. 96-2713PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Talitha Tincher sued Wal-Mart under Title VII, alleging that the company discriminated against her because of her religion. Specifically, Tincher claimed that Wal-Mart failed to reasonably accommodate her observance of the Sabbath and that Wal-Mart eventually terminated her to rid themselves of the burden of accommodating her religious observances. After a three-day trial, a jury returned a verdict in Tincher’s favor, including an award of punitive damages, finding that Wal-Mart intentionally discriminated against Tincher. Wal-Mart promptly moved for a judgment as a…
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