Bonnie A. Fitzsimons, a Single Woman v. Jc Penney Company, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
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Opinion
19 F.3d 27 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Bonnie A. FITZSIMONS, a single woman, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JC PENNEY COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-16600. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 13, 1994. Decided Feb. 15, 1994. 1 Before: SCHROEDER and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and JONES, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 The J.C. Penney Company appeals from a district court judgment awarding damages to the plaintiff-appellee Fitzsimons under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, codified at 42 U.S.C. Secs. 2000e et seq., and on her pendent state law tort claims. Following a jury verdict in Fitzsimons' favor on the state law claims, and after making its own determination on the Title VII claim, the court entered judgment in favor of Fitzsimons in the amount of $140,000--$70,000 in compensatory damages and $70,000 in punitive damages--plus attorney's fees and costs. 4 J.C. Penney first…