United States Fifth Circuit

Partial summary judgment to the EEOC and a refusal to alter a judgment following a jury verdict awarding employee backpay, frontpay, and punitive damages for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is affirmed with the exception of the award of front pay which is reversed as plaintiff was not eligible to receive "future wages and benefits" because she was unable to work in the future due to her medical condition.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/01/2007
• Published 03/01/2007

Judges

• EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:, Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph A. Seiner (argued), E.E.O.C., Washington, DC, Gregory Thomas Juge, E.E.O.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Raymond Michael Ripple (argued), Donna L. Goodman, DuPont Legal, Wilmington, DE, Mark C. Carver, Goins Aaron, Baton Rouge, LA, William D. Aaron, Jr., Goins Aaron, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.