Labor/Employment
May 3, 2017
Judge cuts award in fired Office Depot manager case
A judge for now reduced a $10 million jury verdict to $2.6 million in an employment case involving Office Depot Inc., tersely reasoning that jurors' $8 million punitive damages award was "excessive."
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A judge has tentatively reduced a $10 million jury verdict to $2.6 million in an employment case involving Office Depot Inc., tersely reasoning that jurors' $8 million punitive damages award was "excessive."
The interim ruling by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Daniel J. Murphy on Friday chopped plaintiff Mark Flores' punitive damages from $8 million to $1.1 mill...
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