Zimmerman v. Direct Federal Credit Union

MEMORANDUM ON DEFENDANTS’ RENEWED MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW OR FOR NEW TRIAL OR REMITTI-TUR (# 200)

COLLINGS, Chief United States Magistrate Judge.

I. Introduction

On the fifteenth day of trial the jury returned a split verdict, favoring the plain tiff Celia G. Zimmerman (“Zimmerman”) on certain of her claims and the defendants Direct Federal Credit Union (“Direct”) and David Breslin (“Breslin”) on others. More specifically, on the claims submitted to the jury for determination 2 Zimmerman was awarded $200,000 in compensatory damages on her claim of retaliation under state law…