Legal Opinion
Selgas v. American Airlines, Inc.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided July 14, 1994No. Civ. 92-2890 (JAF)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FUSTE, District Judge.
Defendants, American Airlines, Inc. and Whadzen Carrasquillo, move for judgment as a matter of law and, in the alternative, for remittitur or a new trial in this sexual discrimination and sexual harassment action. The plaintiff, Mary Jane Kerr Selgas, was employed by American for eighteen years, and at the time of her lay-off was working as an account executive in cargo sales. After a three-week trial, the jury awarded Kerr $1,000,000 in compensatory damages (which is automatically doubled under state law), $20,000 under the state unlawful termination…
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