Legal Opinion
Kwang-Ting Christine LEE v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided March 18, 1981No. Civ. A. No. 80-1075-CV-W-2PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STRIKE
COLLINSON, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff filed this action against defendant Trans World Airlines, Inc., (TWA) in two counts, alleging violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-5(g) (Count I) and 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Count II). Contending that punitive damages are not recoverable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, defendant now moves to strike from Count I of plaintiff’s complaint those portions requesting punitive damages (all of paragraph 12 and numbered item 7 of plaintiff’s prayer for relief under Count I).…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Lee v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1981