Split 9th Circuit Orders Remittitur Of Noneconomic Damages For Former IBM Manager

Mealey's (August 2, 2022, 10:51 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A divided Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Aug. 1 partially vacated a trial court’s denial of remittitur after a federal judge awarded $11 million to a former International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) manager who claimed that he was retaliated against after attempting to stop IBM from discriminating against an African-American sales representative and remanded “with instructions to order remittitur of the excessive award of non-economic damages.”...