Legal Opinion
Bennie Bailey v. Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 1990No. 88-3228PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
Bennie Bailey, a black male, sued his employer, Northern Indiana Public Service Company (“NIPSCO”), for racial discrimination and retaliatory treatment. (He actually sued NIPSCO twice, but more on that later.) In late August/early September, 1988, some of Bailey’s claims were tried to a jury, which found in his favor and awarded him compensatory and punitive damages totalling $35,000. In this appeal, NIPSCO contends that the jury’s general verdict was fatally tainted by several claims which were legally barred and/or insufficiently proved, and that therefore a new trial is…
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