Johnston v. Specialty Restaurants Corp.

ORDER

SCOTT O. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

Pending before the Court are various post-trial motions. The Court will make the following rulings:

1. Defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and alternative motion for a new trial must be overruled. Defendant has raised four points in support of these motions, none of which have merit.

First, defendant claims that the jury’s damage award of $21,115.60 on plaintiff’s retaliatory discharge claim was not supported by the evidence. Specifically, defendant argues that the maximum backpay award to which plaintiff was entitled was $14,396.00. The…