Omni Gets Pay Bias Retrial Over Jury Charge, Verdict Confusion

An Omni Hotels Management Corp. food and beverage director must try again to prove she was illegally paid less than her male predecessors, the Fifth Circuit ruled Monday, finding a second verdict in her favor still lacked clarity.

The jury had awarded Sarah Lindsley $100,000 in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act in March 2023, concluding Omni violated her right to be free from sex discrimination in her compensation under that law. That came after the trial judge ordered further deliberations because the jury initially awarded the same ...