United States Fourth Circuit

In suit brought on behalf of former package handler for failing to reasonably accommodate his deafness under the ADA, six-figure judgment for plaintiff is affirmed over claims that: 1) there was insufficient evidence on which to submit the question of punitive damages to the jury; and 2) the punitive damages award was constitutionally excessive.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2008
• Published 01/23/2008

Judges

• Before KING and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and SAMUEL G. WILSON, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Edward John Efkeman, Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant.  Davis L. Kim, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Ronald S. Cooper, General, Lorraine C. Davis, Acting Associate General, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.