Case: Discrimination/Retaliation (D. Nev.)

A federal district court denied Socoper, Inc.'s post-trial motions for judgment as a matter of law and to reduce punitive damages on claims brought by a White female hotel manager under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 for retaliation, and under Alabama common law for invasion of privacy and outrage, finding that the evidence supported the jury’s verdict that she was fired for opposing racial discrimination and that her employer’s sexual harassment—including crude comments and exposing himself—constituted outrageous conduct, though the court granted a new trial on back pay damages unless she accepted a slightly reduced amount.

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