Gober v. Ralphs Grocery Co.
California Court of Appeal
[CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION1]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
McINTYRE, J.
In this sexual harassment case, juries have twice awarded plaintiffs substantial punitive damages. On this third appeal, we are faced with several issues, including whether the amount of punitive damages awarded by the second jury violates federal due process principles and whether this issue is properly before us on an appeal from an order denying defendant’s request for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV). In the published part of this opinion, we answer the second question in the affirmative, conclude that the amount of punitive damages was constitutionally…
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