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Damages for Racial Discrimination Claim Upheld, Explained

The court declines to disturb an award of $12,500 per plaintiff for an
episode of racial discrimination for which only nominal and not
compensatory damages were awarded. The Supreme Court has acknowledged that
its presumptive ratios of punitive to compensatory damages may not be
appropriate where an egregious act has …

 

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