A former pharmacist for Rite Aid who suffers from a fear of needles and was fired when he said he could not give immunizations had jury awards for back-pay and front-pay upheld, but Northern District Judge Thomas McAvoy said a $900,000 award for compensatory damages shocks the "judicial conscience," and reduced it to $125,000.
September 25, 2015 at 10:00 AM
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A former pharmacist for Rite Aid Pharmacy who suffers from a fear of needles was wrongfully fired from his position because of his condition and was retaliated against by the company, a federal judge found.
But Northern District Judge Thomas McAvoy also found in Stevens v. Rite Aid Corporation, 6:13-cv-783, that a jury’s $900,000 award for compensatory damages shocks the “judicial conscience,” and reduced it to $125,000.
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