Legal Opinion
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Federal Express Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2008No. 06-1724PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KING wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge WILSON joined.
OPINION
KING, Circuit Judge:
Federal Express Corporation (“FedEx”) appeals from a March 2006 judgment for compensatory and punitive damages entered against it in the District of Maryland. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) sued FedEx on behalf of former FedEx package handler Ronald Lockhart. By its judgment, the district court awarded Lockhart, who is disabled due to deafness, the sums of $8,000 in compensatory damages and $100,000 in punitive damages, premised on a…
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