Split 6th Circuit Orders New Trial On Damages In Worker’s Back Pay Dispute

(January 25, 2018, 1:28 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A trial court erred when it upheld a jury’s award of $10,000 in back pay for a fired theater worker despite undisputed evidence that the awarded amount was substantially lower than even the lowest estimate of damages, a divided Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Jan. 24, ordering a new trial on damages if the trial court can’t approximate the appropriate amount of damages and secure consent from both sides (David Pittington v. Great Smoky Mountain Lumberjack Feud, LLC, No. 17-5590, 6th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 1676)....

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