Legal Opinion
Ramirez v. IBP, Inc.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided December 11, 1996No. 94-4101-SACPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CROW, Senior District Judge.
This retaliatory discharge case comes before the court to determine an appropriate award for punitive damages.
I. BACKGROUND
After a three-day trial,, the court submitted this ease to the jury. On April 5, 1996, the jury deliberated for several hours before returning a verdict for the plaintiff. The jury awarded the plaintiff $53,648 in lost wages and/or benefits and $28,477 in compensatory damages. In addition, the jury found that IBP had acted in a willful, wanton or malicious maimer in terminating the plaintiff in retaliation.
After giving the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Smith v. PrintupSupreme Court of Kansas · 1993
- Henderson v. HassurSupreme Court of Kansas · 1979
- Peabody Galion, a Division of Peabody International Corporation v. A. v. DollarCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Angelo v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- Ricky Dale Canady v. J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Burton v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 2002
- Vance Ex Rel. Wood v. Midwest Coast Transport, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 2004
- Sanjuan v. IBP, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1999
- Ramirez v. IBP, Inc.District Court, D. Kansas · 1998