COFFEY v. FAYETTE TUBULAR PRODUCTS


929 S.W.2d 326 (1996)

Geneva COFFEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FAYETTE TUBULAR PRODUCTS, Livingston Division, Danaher Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest C. Onks, Sr., Ronald Thurman, Craig P. Fickling, Ronald Thurman & Associates, Cookeville, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

W. Kerby Bowling, W. Kerby Bowling, II, Joseph M. Crout, M.V. Ticheno, Memphis, for Defendant-Appellee.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Judge.

In this retaliatory discharge action, the plaintiff, Geneva Coffey, appeals from two aspects of the Court of Appeals' judgment: (1) its suggested remittance of the punitive damage award from $500,000 to $150,000; and (2) its disallowance of the $20,000 in "front pay" awarded by the trial court. After a careful consideration of the law and the record in this case, we conclude that the Court...

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