Pamella E. Settlegoode v. Portland Public Schools, Multnomah School District No.1 Susan Winthrop Robert Crebo Larry Whitson

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• holding that retaliation against a physical education teacher for complaining about discrimination against disabled students violated the teacher’s First Amendment rights
• concluding that defendant school district failed to make the requisite showing under Keyser in part because it \offered no evidence that other teachers had been fired for [engaging in similar conduct as the plaintiff] in the past\
• concluding that defendant school district failed to make the requisite showing under Keyser in part because it “of- fered no evidence that other teachers had been fired for [engaging in simi- lar conduct as the plaintiff] in the past”
• explaining that “reminding the jury that they have the capacity to deter defendants and others similarly situated is certainly legitimate where punitive damages are at stake”
• “Reminding the jury that they have the capacity to deter defendants 13 and others similarly situated is certainly legitimate where punitive damages are at stake.”
• reviewing for plain error a grant of a motion for a new trial based on attorney misconduct because the misconduct claim was not raised during trial

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