July 24, 2015
A California federal judge on Friday refused to determine whether Bohm Law Group should be disqualified for schmoozing with jury members to secure an $185 million punitive damages award against AutoZone Inc. in a pregnancy bias row, but called the actions a "clear violation" and remanded the matter to the state bar.
July 20, 2015
AutoZone Stores Inc. has agreed to abandon its challenge to an unprecedented $185 million punitive damages verdict in a pregnancy discrimination trial as well as its allegation that the opposing counsel schmoozed with the jury to secure the win, the parties told a California federal court on Monday.
January 16, 2015
A California federal court on Thursday was urged to deny AutoZone Stores Inc.'s bid for a mistrial in a pregnancy discrimination row that resulted in a record $185 million punitive damages award for a former store manager, with the ex-worker saying her attorneys' "innocuous" contact with an excused juror wasn't improper.
November 21, 2014
Legal counsel for a former AutoZone Stores Inc. manager consorted with a member of a California jury before it awarded the client an unprecedented $185 million punitive damages award and then invited the entire jury out for drinks afterward, AutoZone said in a bid for mistrial Thursday.
November 18, 2014
A California federal jury on Monday awarded a record $185 million in punitive damages to a former AutoZone Stores Inc. manager who alleged she was fired after complaining that she was demoted after giving birth.
November 17, 2014
A California federal jury on Friday awarded a former AutoZone Stores Inc. manager more than $872,000 in compensatory damages in a suit alleging she was terminated for complaining that she was demoted after giving birth, with the jury finding the retailer's conduct constituted malice.