Chicago Archdiocese on Hook for Response to Workplace Porn Gripe (2)

An assistant at two Chicago-area churches proved she was fired in retaliation for complaining that someone was viewing pornography on a workplace computer, a federal judge ruled.

But Lynn Sanchez now must decide whether to accept that finding and take $250,000 in damages or request a new trial, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said.

The Archdiocese of Chicago and the Catholic Bishop of Chicago can’t be required to pay the full $700,000 a jury awarded Sanchez in November 2017 because the $500,000 punitive damages portion exceeded constitutional limits, the court said. It said $50,000 is ...