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Labor/Employment

May 9, 2017

In Office Depot case, judge rules punitive damage payout was unwarranted

A judge has drastically reduced a $10 million jury verdict to $2.938 million in an employment lawsuit between Office Depot Inc. and former warehouse manager Mark Flores, overruling the jury's $8 million in punitive damages.

By Matthew Blake
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A judge has drastically reduced a $10 million jury verdict to $2.938 million in an employment lawsuit between Office Depot Inc. and former warehouse manager Mark Flores, overruling the jury's $8 million in punitive damages.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy published a minute order May 2 that mostly upheld a tentative ruling denying Office Depot's ...

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