Legal Opinion
Vance v. Union Planters Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 25, 2000No. 99-60289PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Yvonne Vance sued Union Planters Bank, N.A. (“Union Planters”), under title VII, alleging discriminatory failure to promote on the basis of sex. A jury awarded $30,000 for lost wages and benefits, $20,-000 for emotional distress, and $390,000 in punitive damages. The district court later reduced the total amount awarded to $330,000 because of title VII’s statutory limits on employer liability. Union Planters appealed, asserting that (1) no reasonable jury could have found sex discrimination, (2) the court erred in allowing the jury to hear evidence that Union…
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