Hill v. City of St. Louis

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Presiding Judge.

In this hostile work environment lawsuit, which was brought under the Missouri Human Rights Act (MHRA),1 the jury returned verdicts in plaintiffs’ favor assessing actual and punitive damages. The trial court entered a judgment in plaintiffs’ favor in which it awarded actual damages consistent with the jury’s verdicts, but it granted a remittitur of the punitive damage awards and entered judgment for a lower amount of punitive damages. It also awarded plaintiffs attorney’s fees and costs. Both parties appeal. We affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs William…