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Burnett v. Ocean Properties, Ltd.

Docket: 19-2086

Opinion Date: February 2, 2021

Judge: Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson

Areas of Law: Civil Rights

The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court upholding the jury verdict awarding Plaintiff compensatory on his claims of failure to accommodate his disability at work but remitting the jury's punitive damages award, holding that Defendants' claims on appeal failed. Specifically, the First Circuit held (1) the district court did not err in denying Defendants' post-trial motions for judgment as a matter of law because Plaintiff sufficiently proved his case under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12101, and Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), Me. Stat. tit. 5, 4571; (2) the district court's rulings denying Defendants' motion for a new trial were not an abuse of discretion; and (3) the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Defendants' motion for remittitur because Defendants' arguments in support of the motion were misplaced and unsupported by the record.