Rich v. McDonald's Corporation

Anne L. Kilbane, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal by McDonald’s Corporation (“McDonald’s”) from a jury verdict awarding Russell Rich $5,000,000 in compensatory damages on his claim of employment discrimination following trial before Visiting Judge John J. Angelotta. McDonald’s claims that Rich presented insufficient proof that AIDS was a disability within the meaning of discrimination statutes; that the judge erred in not submitting its proposed jury instructions or interrogatories to the jury, and erred in incompletely answering a jury question; and the award of damages was without reasonable…