Legal Opinion
Medlock v. Ortho Biotech, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 5, 1999No. 97-3037PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
After a seven-day trial, a jury found that Ortho Biotech, Inc. (“OBI”) had terminated Oliver Medlock, Jr. in retaliation for his filing and pursuing a claim of discrimination based on race in violation of Title VII. The questions we must resolve on appeal are: (1) did Medlock present sufficient evidence to support the jury’s finding of retaliatory discharge as well as its award of punitive damages; (2) did the district court err in administering a mixed motives instruction to the jury; (3) did the verdict form allow the jury to erroneously disregard after-acquired…
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