United States Eighth Circuit

In appeals from disposition of employment discrimination claims, 1) verdicts for employee were proper based on evidence of pretext, 2) employer was entitled to judgment as a matter of law as to other positions, and 3) employer's reprehensibility level did not support amount of punitive damages awarded.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/10/2002
• Published 06/10/2002

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• J. Randall Coffey, argued, Kansas City, MO (R. Lawrence Ward and Robert Gingrich, Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dennis E. Egan, argued, Kansas City, MO (Bert S. Braud, Kansas City, MO, John M. Klamann and Dirk L. Hubbard, Overland Park, KS, on the brief), for appellee.