Overruling the Jury: Duncan v. GMC and Appellate Treatment of Hostile Work Environment Judgments

Authors

Dara Purvis, Penn State LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Abstract

In 2002, the Eighth Circuit reversed a one million dollar jury award to the plaintiff in a sexual harassment suit against General Motors Corporation. This reversal demonstrates the danger of appellate review of such verdicts, limiting sexual harassment verdicts to the lowest common denominator in that circuit.

Comments

This article was originally written as a student note.

Recommended Citation

Dara Purvis, Overruling the Jury: Duncan v. GMC and Appellate Treatment of Hostile Work Environment Judgments, 24 Yale L. & Pol'y Rev. 485 (2006).