Legal Opinion
Azimi v. Jordan's Meats, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 3, 2006No. 05-2602PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
A federal jury in Maine found that Abdul Azimi, a Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan, had suffered racial, religious, or ethnic harassment at his former workplace, Jordan’s Meats, Inc., in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.
The jury did not find that Azimi had suffered any harm for which it would award compensatory damages. Azimi had put on no evidence of any out-of-pocket costs he had incurred for medical treatment or psychological counseling, or of any wages lost as a result of the abuse he suffered at…
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