Legal Opinion
Esperance v. Vilsack
District Court, D. South Dakota
Decided September 3, 2024No. 5:20-cv-05055Unknown
1Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA WESTERN DIVISION RUTH ESPERANCE, 5:20-CV-05055-LLP Plaintiff, vs. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON POST-TRIAL MOTIONS THOMAS J. VILSACK, Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Defendant. This Title VI gender discrimination case was tried to a jury beginning on September 18, 2023. The jury returned a verdict for Plaintiff and awarded damages in the amount of $400,000 on September 23, 2023. Defendant has renewed his motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Rule 50(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Doc.…
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