Legal Opinion
Thaddeus C. Pulla, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Amoco Oil Company, Appellee/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 22, 1996No. 94-4001, 95-1047PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, Associate Justice (Ret.).
I. INTRODUCTION
The Amoco Oil Company (“Amoco”) appeals from a jury verdict that it invaded the privacy of Thaddeus C. Pulla (“Pulla”), one of its employees, by searching his credit card records to determine if he had abused his sick leave. Amoco filed a series of post-trial motions challenging both the verdict and the jury’s award of $500,000 in punitive damages on a variety of grounds, but the district court rejected Amoco’s motions for judgment as a matter of law, a new trial and a remittitur. Pulla v. Amoco, 882 F.Supp. 836 (S.D.Iowa 1994). On appeal, Amoco…
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