Legal Opinion
Means v. Shyam Corp.
District Court, D. New Hampshire
Decided January 27, 1999No. Civil 97-212-JMPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MUIRHEAD, United States Magistrate Judge.
Plaintiff in this Title VII sexual harassment case has filed a motion to amend the judgment to reinstate the full jury verdict in the amount of $637,500.00 and to hold the cap on damages imposed by 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(b)(3)(A) to be unconstitutional. Plaintiff alleges that the cap, as applied to her, violates her equal protection rights by creating a distinction between sexual harassment victims and all other tort victims, or between victims based on the number of employees of the offending employer. Defendant objects on the basis that the statutory…
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