Legal Opinion
Genaro Quiles-Quiles v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 21, 2006No. 05-1591PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises from a civil action under the Rehabilitation Act brought against the Postmaster General of the United States by Genaro Quiles-Quiles, a former postal employee. See 29 U.S.C. § 791 et seq. Quiles alleges that his Postal Service supervisors harassed him because of his disability and retaliated against him when he complained about the harassment. A jury found for Quiles on both claims and awarded him $950,000 in compensatory damages, which the district court reduced to the statutory cap of $300,000. See 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(a)(2). The Postmaster General…
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