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Civil Procedure Keyed to Glannon
Trivedi v. Cooper
Citation:
1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18715 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)Facts
Trivedi, who worked as a research scientist, sued Cooper, his supervisor at the New York State Office of Mental Health, for employment discrimination. Specifically, Trivedi asserted three claims: hostile work environment, failure to promote, and retaliation. At the close of the plaintiff’s case at trial, Cooper moved for a directed verdict on the failure to promote and retaliation claims. The jury returned a verdict for Trivedi, awarding him $700,000 in compensatory damages, plus back pay on the failure to promote claim, plus nominal damages on the retaliation claim. Cooper moved for judgment as a matter of law under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 50(b) on all three claims, or, alternatively, for a new trial under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(a) or a remittitur under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e).
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