Sudimak v. Pillus

MEMORANDUM

VANASKIE, District Judge.

Plaintiff Maria Sudimak has moved for a new trial on her retaliatory discharge claim against Dorr-OIiver Incorporated (“Dorr-OI-iver”) under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (“PHRA”), 43 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 951, et seq. Ms. Sudimak contends that, in light of the jury’s affirmative response to the special verdict question of whether she had “met her burden of proving that Dorr-Oliver’s stated reason for terminating her was not true,” the jury’s negative answer to whether Ms. Sudi-mak had “met her burden of proving that the determinative factor in the decision to…