Legal Opinion
Mary Jane KERR-SELGAS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. and Whadzen Carrasquillo, Defendants, Appellants
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 13, 1995No. 94-1972PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Defendants American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) and Whadzen Carrasquillo (“Carrasquillo”) mount several challenges to the special verdicts which formed the basis for a $1,500,000 award to plaintiff Mary Jane Kerr-Selgas (“Kerr”), a former American employee, on her sex discrimination, retaliation, and invasion of privacy claims. We vacate the punitive damages award, and affirm the district court judgment as modified.
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BACKGROUND 1
Kerr was hired by American as a reservations sales agent in the summer of 1974. Thereafter, she was transferred to the Cargo Sales Division as a…
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