New Trial On Former Volvo Worker’s USERRA Claim Ordered By Federal Judge

Mealey's (October 10, 2019, 11:12 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A federal judge in Illinois on Sept. 30 entered judgment as a matter of law in favor of Volvo Group North America LLC on a former worker’s disability bias claim, finding that a jury’s multimillion verdict for the worker was “grossly excessive and irrational,” and granted a new trial on the worker’s claim that her firing violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) (LuzMaria Arroyo v. Volvo Group North America, LLC, No. 12-6859, N.D. Ill., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168213)....