OLMSTED v. TACO BELL CORP.

No. 97-2223.

141 F.3d 1457 (1998)

Michael J. OLMSTED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TACO BELL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel S. Perwin, Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ralph Alan Peterson, Beggs & Lane, Pensacola, FL, Gerald S. Hartman, Andrew L. Lipps, Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BIRCH, Circuit Judge, and HILL and KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judges.


BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

In this employment discrimination action, a jury found that defendant-appellee Taco Bell Corporation ("Taco Bell") retaliated against plaintiff-appellant Michael J. Olmsted in response to Olmsted's complaints of discriminatory practices within Taco Bell and awarded both compensatory and punitive damages. The district court found that the jury verdict was not supported by the evidence adduced at trial and, in granting judgment as a matter of law...

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