Legal Opinion
Karnes v. SCI Colorado Funeral Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1998No. 96-1478PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENRY, Circuit Judge.
SCI Colorado Funeral Services, Inc. (SCI) appeals the district court’s judgment awarding compensatory and punitive damages to Dorothy Karnes and ordering reinstatement on her retaliatory discharge claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2000el7. 1 SCI argues that the district court should have applied state rather than federal law regarding the standard for proving punitive damages. It maintains that the district court erred in refusing to apply the Colorado statute, Colo.Rev.Stat. § 13-25-127, which requires plaintiffs to prove claims…
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