WORTH v. TYER

No. 00-2414.

276 F.3d 249 (2001)

Lisa WORTH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert H. TYER II, United States Title & Abstract Company, Grundy County Title & Abstract, Inc., Consolidated Title Services Company of Illinois, Ogle County Title & Abstract Company II, Title Express Company, Ltd, and Grundy County Title & Abstract Company II, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry S. Kaplan (argued), Kaplan, Begy & Von Ohlen, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert H. Tyer, II, Rolling Meadows, IL, Bradley R. Tyer (argued), Los Angeles, CA, Ethan J. Tyer (argued), Fox Family Worldwide, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

After being terminated, plaintiff, Lisa Worth ("Worth"), sued defendants, charging that they had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and that her supervisor had committed a battery in violation of state tort law. The jury found for Worth and awarded $52,500 in compensatory and punitive damages for the Title VII claims and $100,000 in compensatory and punitive damages for the battery. Defendants...

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