Legal Opinion
Williams v. Sims Bros.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided June 7, 2012No. Case No. 3:11 CV 332PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED JUDGMENT ENTRY
JACK ZOUHARY, District Judge.
This Order supplements the Judgment Entry filed on May 31, 2012 (Doc. 74), which entered a jury verdict for Plaintiff Brian Williams in the amount of $423,900 (Doe. 71). Specifically, the jury awarded $73,900 in economic damages (back pay) and $350,000 in compensatory damages (Doc. 71-1 at 3).1
While compensatory damages in discrimination cases, involving an employer the size of Defendant Sims, are subject to the federal statutory cap of $100,000, as set forth in 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(b)(3)(B), this disability discrimination case also involved a…
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