Jury awards Manitowoc woman more than $125 million in discrimination lawsuit against Walmart
MANITOWOC - A Green Bay-based jury returned a verdict in favor of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a disability discrimination case against Walmart.
The jury found the company failed to accommodate an employee at a Manitowoc Walmart.
The jury awarded the employee $150,000 in compensatory damages and $125 million in punitive damages after the four-day trial and three hours of deliberation, according to a Friday EEOC release regarding the court's decision.
A Walmart spokesman, Randy Hargrove, emailed the Herald Times Reporter and said that under federal law, the damages will be reduced to the maximum amount allowed, which is $300,000.
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