Barnes, Verla v. State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN VERLA BARNES, Plaintiff, v. OPINION and ORDER STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT 18-cv-105-jdp OF CORRECTIONS, Defendant. Plaintiff Verla Barnes sued her former employer, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, under the Rehabilitation Act for failing to accommodate a foot injury and then retaliating against her for filing a grievance. After a trial, a jury found in Barnes’s favor on both claims, awarding $550,000 for the failure to accommodate and $50,000 for the retaliation. The court later granted the Department’s motion…