Legal Opinion
Daka, Inc. v. McCrae
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 24, 2003No. 00-CV-1270, 01-CV-227PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
Daka, Inc. (hereinafter Daka) appeals from a jury award to McCrae of $187,500 in compensatory damages, $4,812,500 in punitive damages, and $276,493.28 in attorneys’ fees and costs, based upon findings that Daka had negligently supervised one of its managerial employees and had unlawfully retaliated against the plaintiff for his claims of sexual harassment by that employee. Although we find no basis on which to reverse the award of compensatory damages, we conclude that the award of punitive damages must be vacated in light of State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v.…
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