Legal Opinion
Deters v. Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 1, 2000No. 97-3340PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant, Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc. (“Equifax”), appeals from a $300,000 judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of Plaintiff-Appel-lee, Sharon Deters (“Ms.Deters”), on her sexual harassment claim. The jury awarded Ms. Deters $5,000 in compensatory damages, and $1,000,000 in punitive damages, later reduced by the court to $295,-000 based on the cap established by 42 U.S.C. § 1981a(b)(3). The district court denied Equifax’s post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law, or alternatively for a new trial or remittitur. See Deters…
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