7th Circuit Orders Injunctive Relief Reconsideration After Wal-Mart Bias Verdict

Mealey's (August 29, 2024, 11:03 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel upheld a jury’s finding of liability as to Wal-Mart Stores East L.P. as well as punitive and compensatory damages in a disability bias case brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after a longtime employee with Down syndrome was fired but vacated the trial court’s denial of injunctive relief sought by the EEOC and remanded for reconsideration....