Legal Opinion
McAuliffe v. Taft Furniture Warehouse & Showroom, Ltd.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 2, 1986PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
— Mikoll, J.
Appeal *775from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of plaintiff, entered June 19, 1984 in Schenectady County, upon a verdict rendered at Trial Term (Graves, J.).
Plaintiff commenced this action alleging that she was wrongfully discharged in violation of Executive Law § 296 in that she was discriminated against by her employer due to a disability. The jury returned a verdict for $140 in compensatory damages and punitive damages in the amount of $25,946.33.
The purpose of Executive Law § 296 is to prevent discrimination against persons suffering from a disability but who can be or…
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