Clarence Jackson, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Bunge Corporation, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee

ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Bunge Corporation (“Bunge”) appeals from final judgment entered after a jury verdict awarded $75,000 in compensatory damages to the plaintiff, Clarence Jackson. Bunge claims that the district court erred in denying its motions for judgment as a matter of law and its alternative motion for a new trial because Jackson failed to establish a prima facie case of retaliatory discharge for filing a workers’ compensation claim under Illinois law. Bunge also argues that the district court erred in the following: admitting evidence of Bunge’s net worth; excluding…