7th Circuit Upholds USERRA Ruling For Volvo After 2nd Trial

(March 5, 2024, 8:15 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A trial court did not abuse its discretion when it found in a former Volvo Group North America LLC employee’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) case that the initial jury verdict on the ADA claim was “grossly excessive and irrational” and ordered a new trial on the USERRA claim alone after determining that the worker failed to show that she was a qualified individual under the ADA as the whole verdict was “tainted,” the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled, affirming the trial court’s refusal to alter or amend its judgment after the second trial ended in a verdict for Volvo....