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RUSSELL v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.

No. 81-1190.

666 F.2d 1188 (1981)

Jolane RUSSELL, Appellant, v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Smith (argued), James Welsh, Knipmeyer, McCann, Fish & Smith, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Joseph A. Sherman (argued), John M. Lilla, Jackson & Sherman, P. C., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and WOODS, District Judge.

WOODS, District Judge.

In this diversity case plaintiff obtained a judgment against her employer, United Parcel Service, Inc. for $25,000.00 compensatory and $160,000.00 punitive damages based upon § 287.780 R.S. Missouri. This statute prohibits discrimination for the exercise of rights granted by the Missouri Workers' Compensation statutes. The trial court1 sustained defendant's motion for judgment n. o. v. and in the alternative...

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