Legal Opinion
Timmons v. City of Tucson
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided December 24, 1991No. 2 CA-CV 90-0303PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FERNANDEZ, Presiding Judge.
After a jury trial, appellee Karla Timmons was awarded $200,000 in compensatory damages against the City of Tucson and Cressworth Lander, director of the City’s Department of Community Services (collectively referred to as the City), in her reverse discrimination lawsuit. She was also awarded $15,000 in punitive damages against the Landers only. The court subsequently awarded Timmons attorney’s fees of $71,666.66. Both parties have appealed. We agree that reversible error occurred and remand for a new trial.
Cressworth Lander has been the director of the…
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