Legal Opinion
Tony Sayger v. Riceland Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 18, 2013No. 19-2584PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Tony Sayger brought this action against Riceland Foods under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VII, the Arkansas Civil Rights Act, and other statutes, alleging retaliatory discharge after being a witness in an internal investigation into a complaint about a manager. After the district court 1 granted summary judgment to Riceland on Say-ger’s Title VII and ACRA claims, his § 1981 claim proceeded to trial. The jury awarded Sayger approximately $60,000 in compensatory damages and back pay. The district court denied both Riceland’s motion for judgment as a matter of law and Sayger’s…
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