Jury Awards $5.2 Million In Developmental Disability Discrimination Case Against Walmart

On September 26, 2017, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Walmart over discrimination against an employee with developmental disabilities. The settlement in EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores East, LP, Civil Action No. 3:17-cv-739, calls for Walmart to pay $5.2 million in damages. This includes $200,000 in compensatory damages to the employee, and an additional $5 million in punitive damages. It is expected that Walmart will ask the Court to reduce the compensatory and punitive damages awarded to a total of $300,000; which is . . .