Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Outcome

The Ninth Circuit reversed the district court's judgment in favor of Wal-Mart on punitive damages and remanded for a fourth trial, finding the district court abused its discretion by excluding evidence of Wal-Mart's cover-up of discriminatory conduct and by allowing Wal-Mart employees to testify to a version of events contradicted by the first jury's finding of intentional discrimination.