Denise Travis v. Gary Community Mental Health Center, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that punitive damages are authorized by § 216(b)
• distinguishing Premachandra on ground Premachandra’s due process claim was only “similar,” not identical, to a section 1983 claim
• noting “that managers of a corporation jointly pursuing its lawful business do not become ‘conspirators’ when acts within the scope of their employment are said to be discriminatory or retaliatory” and applying the immunity to attorneys
• finding that punitive damages are available
• “Compensation for emotional distress, and punitive damages, are appropriate for intentional torts such as retaliatory discharge.”
• “Compensation for emotional distress, and punitive damages, are appropriate for intentional torts such as retaliatory discharge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).