2nd Circuit Upholds Verdict Issued Via 2nd Form In Bias Suit

Mealey's ( September 1, 2020, 4:01 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A trial court didn't err when failing to instruct the jury on punitive damages or recalling a previously discharged jury to permit the completion of a second verdict form in a former university employee's discrimination suit, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 19, affirming the final judgment of $250,000 in back pay and $200,000 in remitted emotional distress damages (Effat S. Emamian v. Rockefeller University, Nos. 19-127 and 19-168, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 26788)....