(DOWNLOAD) "Rodgers V. Fisher Body Division" by United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Rodgers V. Fisher Body Division
Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
Release Date : January 13, 1984
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 64 KB

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Defendant Fisher Body Division, General Motors Corporation (General Motors), appeals from a judgment entered in an employment discrimination suit. Suit was brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(f) et seq., Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Plaintiff waived his Title VII claims at the close of the case. The Plaintiff, Sammie J. Rodgers, a black man, asserted that General Motors intentionally discriminated against him because of his race. The jury awarded plaintiff $300,000 compensatory and $500,000 punitive damages.