Legal Opinion
Worth, Lisa v. Tyer, Robert H.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 27, 2001No. 00-2414PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
After being terminated, plaintiff, Lisa Worth (“Worth”), sued defendants, charging that they had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and that her supervisor had committed a battery in violation of state tort law. The jury found for Worth and awarded $52,500 in compensatory and punitive damages for the Title VII claims and $100,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for the battery. Defendants ap peal, alleging that the district court erred in denying their motion for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, their…
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