Legal Opinion
Barnes, Verla v. State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided January 8, 2020No. 3:18-cv-00105Unknown
1Opinion
(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. A jury awarded plaintiff Verla Barnes $600,000 in compensatory damages on her claims that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections failed to provide her a reasonable accommodation for a disability and then fired her when she complained, in violation of the Rehabilitation Act. The case is now before the court on Barnes’s request for equitable relief, Dkt. 86, which is determined by the court rather than…
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