Legal Opinion
Williams v. Pharmacia Inc.
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided November 21, 1996No. 3:94-cv-00653PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MILLER, District Judge.
After a six-day trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Evelyn Williams on her failure to promote, discriminatory discharge, and retaliatory discharge claims against her former employer, Pharmacia Inc. The jury awarded Ms. Williams $500,000 in compensatory damages and $750,000 in punitive damages. On April 2, the court reduced the compensatory damages award to the statutory cap of $300,000, vacated the punitive damages award, and awarded $180,330 and $115,-513 in back and front pay, respectively.
Pharmacia renews its earlier motion for judgment…
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