Brown v. Ramada Birmingham Airport
Case Details
- Nature of Suit — the legal category of the dispute
- Civil Rights: Jobs
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unknown
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- jury verdict
- State
- Alabama
- Circuit
- Eleventh Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Claim Types
Outcome
Plaintiff prevailed on race discrimination and retaliation claims following defendant's default. A jury awarded $113,400 in compensatory damages ($18,900 in lost wages and benefits, $94,500 for emotional pain and mental anguish) and $472,500 in punitive damages, which the court upheld as constitutionally sound.
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