Litigation
Nov. 19, 2014
Bohm Law sets new record on punitive damages, it says
AutoZone Stores Inc. will pay out what might be a U.S. record of $185 million in punitive damages for discriminating against a pregnant employee, a federal jury in San Diego decided Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
AutoZone Stores Inc. was hit with what might be a U.S. record of $185 million in punitive damages for discriminating against a pregnant employee, a federal jury in San Diego decided Monday.
The jury awarded the damages to Rosario Juarez after finding that AutoZone acted with malice, oppression and fraud in retaliatory behavior toward the worker.
Gregg C. Sindici of Littler Mendelson PC defe...
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