KERR-SELGAS v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 94-1972.

69 F.3d 1205 (1995)

Mary Jane KERR-SELGAS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. and Whadzen Carrasquillo, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur R. Miller, with whom Weil, Gotshal & Manges was on brief, for appellants.

Judith Berkan, with whom Rosalinda Pesquera and Mary Jo Mendez were on brief, for appellee.

Before CYR, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.


CYR, Circuit Judge.

Defendants American Airlines, Inc. ("American") and Whadzen Carrasquillo ("Carrasquillo") mount several challenges to the special verdicts which formed the basis for a $1,500,000 award to plaintiff Mary Jane Kerr-Selgas ("Kerr"), a former American employee, on her sex discrimination, retaliation, and invasion of privacy claims. We vacate the punitive damages award, and affirm the district court judgment as modified.

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