Legal Opinion
Jeffries v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 20, 2001No. 99-4150PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Amy Ruth Jeffries sued her employer for unlawful race discrimination and retaliation under Title VII and largely parallel provisions of Ohio law. A jury returned a verdict for Jeffries on the retaliation claim and awarded $8500 in compensatory damages and $425,000 in punitive damages. Wal-Mart appealed. Because the record contained evidence on which the jury could base its findings of retaliation and punitive-damages liability, we affirm.
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Amy Jeffries began working at WalMart’s Fairlawn, Ohio, store as a courtesy desk clerk and Customer Service Manager on November 5,1992,…
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