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VANCE v. UNION PLANTERS CORP.

No. 99-60289.

209 F.3d 438 (2000)

Yvonne E. VANCE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNION PLANTERS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Union Planters Bank, National Association, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim D. Waide, III (argued), David Anthony Chandler, Victor Israel Fleitas, Martin Daniel Crump, Waide, Chandler & Fleitas, Tupelo, MS, Samuel Thomas Rayburn, Victoria Bolling Smith, Rayburn Law Firm, Oxford, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert M. Carter, Lester F. Sumners (argued), Sumners & Carter, New Albany, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DAVIS, CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Yvonne Vance sued Union Planters Bank, N.A. ("Union Planters"), under title VII, alleging discriminatory failure to promote on the basis of sex. A jury awarded $30,000 for lost wages and benefits, $20,000 for emotional distress, and $390,000 in punitive damages. The district court later reduced the total amount awarded to $330,000 because of title VII's statutory limits on employer liability. Union Planters appealed, asserting that ...

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