Legal Opinion
Rodriguez Sostre v. Municipio De Canovanas
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 11, 2003No. Civil 99-2094(JAG)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
GARCIA-GREGORY, District Judge.
On September 28, 1999, plaintiff Ramo-nita Rodriguez-Sostre (“Rodriguez”) brought suit against defendants the Municipality of Canovanas (“Municipality”); the Hon. Jose R. Soto-Rivera (“Soto”), Mayor of the Municipality; and Bienvenido Nieves-Matos (“Nieves”), Director of the Municipality’s Civil Defense (collectively “defendants”), for gender-based employment discrimination (Docket No. 1). On April 26, 2002, a jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $500,000 ($300,000 from the Municipality; $100,000 from Soto; and $100,000 from…
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