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ERA AVIATION, INC. v. LINDFORS

Nos. S-9062, S-9072.

17 P.3d 40 (2000)

ERA AVIATION, INC., Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Sherri Lee LINDFORS, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Granted February 27, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Daniel, Helena L. Hall and Marja E. Selmann, Perkins Coie, LLP, Anchorage, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Natasha M. Summit and Randall G. Simpson, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, and George T. Freeman, Anchorage, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, and BRYNER, Justices.

OPINION

BRYNER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A jury awarded Sherri Lindfors $50,000 in damages for emotional distress and $725,000 in punitive damages after finding that Era Aviation, her former employer, had passed her over for promotion because she was a woman and retaliated against her for filing a complaint with the Alaska Human Rights Commission. Era appeals, arguing that the superior court incorrectly instructed the jury that it...

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