On Monday, a federal judge granted an employee’s motion for summary judgment, finding, as a matter of law, that she was the victim of unlawful employment discrimination. In the fall of 2013, Syrenthia Dysart, a nurse at Palms of Pasadena hospital, was prevented from caring for a patient because of the color of her skin. […]
Category: Race Discrimination
Eleventh Circuit Again Overrules $300,000 Jury Award For Plaintiff
In Howard v. Walgreen Co., the Eleventh Circuit held that that despite the fact a jury awarded the plaintiff $300,000 in damages, no reasonable jury could find for the plaintiff. I have difficulty understanding how a group of judges who didn’t hear the evidence could decide that the jury that awarded $300,000 to the plaintiff […]