Lowe v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.

*298MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VANARTSDALEN, District Judge.

Plaintiff has filed an action under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, against her employer for racial discrimination in failing to promote her and for retaliation because she complained about such race discrimination. She seeks injunctive relief, back pay, promotion and compensatory and punitive damages. She asserts, and intends to prove at trial, that the actions taken by her employer caused her severe emotional and physical harm and distress, for which she seeks both compensatory and punitive damages.

Counsel for the respective…