Legal Opinion
Rooney v. Sprague Energy Corp.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided October 9, 2008No. CV-06-20-B-WPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S POST-TRIAL MOTIONS
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., District Judge.
Shortly after Ashley Rooney, a twenty-year employee of Sprague Energy Corp. (Sprague), informed his employer that he had been diagnosed with macular degeneration, Sprague placed him on an indefinite leave of absence. Mr. Rooney filed suit, claiming that Sprague illegally discriminated against him because of his disability. On October 30, 2007, a jury found that Sprague had discriminated against him in violation of the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA) and awarded him $300,000 in compensatory damages and $150,000 in…
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