Mary KIENTZY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant

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• holding that where a plaintiff's “unemployment, as a result of a discriminatory discharge” caused the distress, the workers’ compensation laws did not apply
• awarding punitive damages where a supervisor disciplined a female employee more harshly than male employees who violated similar rules
• awarding punitive damages where a supervisor disciplined a female employee more harshly than male employees who violated similar rules
• upholding punitive damages because management disciplined female employee differently than male employees for violating similar company rules, resulting in plaintiff's discharge
• looking beyond the moment the decision to fire the plaintiff was made, which was free from discrimination, because the plaintiff's supervisor had treated her differently than her male counterparts
• \A reasonable jury could have found that [the employee] used [the decisionmakers] as the conduit of his prejudice -- 'his cat's paw.'\

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