RUSSELL v. EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC.

No. Cum-10-634.

32 A.3d 1030 (2011)

2011 ME 123

Edward RUSSELL v. EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: December 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Piampiano, Esq. , Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon, Portland, and Alison J. Bell, Esq. (orally), Langrock Sperry & Wood, LLP, Burlington, VT, for appellant ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.

Guy D. Loranger, Esq. (orally), Nichols, Webb & Loranger, Saco, on the briefs, for appellee Edward Russell.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, GORMAN, and JABAR, JJ.


MEAD, J.

[¶ 1] ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Warren, J.) following a jury verdict finding that ExpressJet discriminated against Edward Russell based on his sexual orientation. Express-Jet argues that (1) it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law on liability; (2) the court applied the incorrect statutory cap on damages; and (3) the court erred in denying ExpressJet's motion for a new trial...

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