The principal question before us is whether the district court erred in giving a mixed-motive rather than a pretext instruction to the jury considering plaintiff's claim of wrongful discharge and discriminatory working conditions. We conclude that in the absence of substantial evidence of conduct or statements by decision- makers directly reflecting discriminatory animus, the giving of a mix

The named defendant, the city of Waterbury (defendant), appeals1 from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, in favor of the plaintiff, Patrick Bovat, in his action to recover damages for personal injuries he sustained in an automobile accident that resulted from the defendant’s breach of its duties under the municipal defective highway statute, General Statutes

The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company ("3M") produces and markets a product known as carrier tape. When the company discovered that three of its employees had formed Accu- Tech Plastics ("Accu-Tech") to manufacture and market resin sheeting, the essential component of carrier tape, 3M brought suit. After dismissing certain 3M claims pursuant to Accu-Tech's summary judgment motio

Following a jury trial, the defendant, Van-Court Property Management Services, Ltd., appeals from the judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, Torrie A. Gilliard, on claims of breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing in discharging the plaintiff and failing to produce the plaintiff’s personnel files in violation of General Statutes § 31-51q.1 The defendant claims that t

Plaintiff Bocci was a long-time user of defendant Key's prescription asthma medication Theo-Dur, a timed-release theophylline product. In October 1990, Bocci was prescribed the antibiotic ciprofloxacin for a skin rash, but failed to tell the prescribing physician that he was taking Theo-Dur. On October 27, 1990, Bocci went to an urgent care clinic where Edwards worked complaining of nausea, vomiti

The defendants appeal from an adverse jury verdict in a personal injury case after the trial court directed a verdict on the permanency of the plaintiff’s injuries. Because there was substantial conflict in the evidence regarding the plaintiff’s injuries, we reverse.

On April 8, 1990, David Peralta was injured in an automobile accident with a vehicle driven by Jorge Perez and o

William J. Meyers, a 65-year-old claimant, slipped and fell on loose cardboard in the empty-box area at a Sam's Club store. The fall fractured his hip, causing him to undergo hip-replacement surgery. Meyers's rehabilitation process greatly aggravated his preexisting arthritic condition.

After a nine-day jury trial, during which three of the original seven jurors were dismissed by the di

1 On August 24, 1989, plaintiffs Curtis B. and Inez Preece Campbell, sued State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company for damages arising from State Farm's decision to try a third-party automobile accident case in which Mr. Campbell was the defendant, rather than accepting offers to settle for the policy limits of Mr. Campbell's insurance policy. The jury found in plaintiffs' favor, awarding th

This is an appeal by defendant Kmart from a judgment entered on a $650,000 jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Carmelita Elcock ("Elcock") for personal injuries and economic loss that she suffered as the result of a slip and fall at a Kmart store in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands. Kmart concedes its liability and acknowledges that Elcock's fall caused her some quantum of harm. However, Kma

Plaintiff Henry B. O'Neal was terminated from his job one day after his attorney sent a letter to his employer, Ferguson Construction Company ("Ferguson"), accusing the company of reassigning O'Neal in retaliation for his filing race discrimination and retaliation claims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"). O'Neal filed suit against Ferguson under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a) ("Tit

Defendants, Marion G. Kaufman Trust, Jack Kaufman and Marion G. Kaufman (the Kaufmans), appeal as of right from a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, from the trial court’s partial denial of defendants’ motion for directed verdict, and its denial of defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV), new trial, or remittitur. Plaintiff, Lane Colby, cross-appea

Cheryl Conner appeals the district court's adverse judgment on her Title VII hostile work environment claim. The lower court vacated a jury verdict in favor of Ms. Conner and granted judgment as a matter of law and a conditional new trial to her former employer, Schrader- Bridgeport International ("SBI"). We now reverse the district court's judgment and remand for reinstatement of the jury's

This case presents the single question of when post-judgment interest begins to accrue on a money judgment for tort damages, based on a jury verdict, when the judgment is subsequently reduced, via a remittitur, by the trial court. The defendant, Medical Mutual Liability Insurance Society of Maryland, asks us to determine whether the Circuit Court erred as a matter of law in awarding post-judgmen

In this appeal we consider whether a landlord may be held liable for injuries suffered by its tenants because of the unsanitary condition of its apartments. Landlord 1 argues that it owes no common law duty to maintain the apartments and, under the Landlord Tenant Code 2 , a tenant may not recover damages for personal injuries without establishing negligence per se. Landlord also raises numero

Sherree Keltner filed a negligence action against K-Mart Corporation alleging personal injuries caused by a falling light fixture in a K-Mart dressing room. After a jury returned a verdict for Keltner, K-Mart moved for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, new trial or remittitur. The trial court denied K-Mart's motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and remittitur, but granted its motio

This is a slip-and-fall case. It arises out of an injury Dyanna Turner, appellee, sustained while on the premises of appellant, Fayetteville Diagnostic Clinic (FDC), on December 18, 1995. Turner sued FDC in tort to recover damages. At the close of a one-day trial, the jury found FDC negligent and returned a $48,703 judgment. FDC then filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV),

This age discrimination appeal requires us to decide several issues concerning application of the "single-filing," or "piggybacking," rule (1) to opt-in collective actions under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b). We address these important issues in Part I of this opinion, and we provide a brief summary of our holdings here. We first clarify the meaning of the "similarly situated" requirement under § 216(b). We

The lessor of a personal residence filed this action in the municipal court against the lessee, a corporation, alleging breach of a written lease agreement executed by the president of the corporation. Following judgment in favor of the lessor in the municipal court, and affirmance in the appellate department of the superior court, the Court of Appeal directed that the case be transferred to i

This appeal arises from the tragic death of 31-year-old Eric Butera while he served as an undercover operative for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia. Mr. Butera's mother, Terry Butera, sued, on her own behalf and on behalf of her son's estate, the District of Columbia and the four police officers who engineered the undercover operation, alleging that they

Samuel Brooks, Donna Brooks and The Corporation of Police and Private Security, Inc. d/b/a Copps, Inc. ("Copps")(FN1) appeal the judgment entered by the trial court awarding Daniel Reese ("Plaintiff") $25,000 in actual damages and $250,000 in punitive damages stemming from a fight outside a bar. According to Defendants, the trial court: (1) plainly erred in entering judgment for actual and punitiv

Hillcrest Foods, Inc., d.b.a. The Waffle House, appeals from a judgment entered against it on a claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress brought by Reginald Middlebrooks and seven other plaintiffs. (2) Hillcrest argues that it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law for numerous reasons, that the Middlebrooks group was not entitled to punitive damages, and that the district court

Paul Cummings brought this suit in Massachusetts Superior Court, alleging that defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Standard Register, Co. discriminated against him on the basis of age in violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 4. Standard Register removed the case to the federal district court for the district of Massachusetts and, after a ten-day trial, a jury found in favor of Cummings and award

Jane M. Foster sued Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. (Time Warner) alleging that she was terminated for conduct protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12203(a). The jury returned a verdict finding that Time Warner had terminated Foster in retaliation for opposing unlawful discrimination under the ADA. It awarded lost wages and compensatory and punitive dam

Defendants Roberson and Conwood Company appeal the order of the district court entered after the jury returned a verdict against them for both compensatory and punitive damages on plaintiffs' claims that defendants violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. Plaintiffs cross-appeal numerous pre-and post-trial orders entered by the district court.

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1 Defendant/Appellant Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Inc. (SWBYP) seeks review of the trial court's order denying SWBYP's motions for new trial and/or remittitur after the jury's verdict for Plaintiff/Appellee Dr. Brett Boatsman on Boatsman's negligence claim. In this appeal, SWBYP challenges the trial court's order for error in the admission of evidence at trial, in the jury's verdict for compen