Legal Opinion
Dimanche v. Mass. Bay Transp. Auth.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 18, 2018No. 17-1169PPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ("MBTA") appeals from the entry of a jury verdict awarding over $2.6 million in damages to a black female former employee who brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 4. She alleges, inter alia, that her supervisors at the MBTA conspired to terminate her employment because of her race. The jury awarded her over $1.3 million in compensatory damages on her discrimination claim and $1.3 million in punitive damages.
The MBTA makes three levels of argument on appeal. First, the MBTA says that the evidence…
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