People ex rel. Ross v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

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• holding district court did not abuse its discretion in allowing plaintiff to present opinion testimony that defendant had “discriminated against her”
• affirming district court's denial of motion for remittitur of $300,000 award for emotional distress where the plaintiff recovered only $16,000 in economic damages for gender discrimination claim
• affirming district court’s denial of motion for remittitur of $300,000 award for emotional distress where the plaintiff recovered only $16,000 in economic damages for gender discrimination claim
• affirming jury verdict of $300,000 under Michigan law to plaintiff who experienced disparate treatment on the basis of her gender, was ultimately terminated, and experienced emotional distress as a result
• affirming the district court’s denial of a motion for remittitur where a jury awarded the plaintiff in a gender discrimination case $300,000 for emotional distress and only $16,000 in economic damages
• “The after-acquired evidence rule, which this Court first applied in the employment discrimination context in Johnson v. Honeywell Information Sys., Inc., 955 F.2d 409 (6th Cir. 1992

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