Cloud
Cloud v. Casey
Opinion
Opinion
Epstein, J.
Vibeke Cloud brought this employment discrimination action against her employers Western Atlas, Inc., and its parent company, Litton Industries, Inc., and against three individual supervisors of these corporations. The individuals were dismissed on summary judgment. Ms. Cloud prevailed against the corporations in a jury trial. She appeals from the grant of summary judgment for the individuals. She argues that several pretrial rulings improperly limited her damages. She also appeals from the trial court’s granting of a defense motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to the jury’s determination that she was entitled to punitive damages. The corporations appeal from the judgment against them, and from the award of attorney’s fees. In the published portion of the opinion, we conclude that the trial court correctly granted summary adjudication against Ms. Cloud on her cause of action based on constructive discharge, but that it erred in limiting her damages to the date she resigned from Western Atlas and in granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict on punitive damages. We remand for determination of compensatory and punitive damages. In all other respects, we…