A Wisconsin jury awarded the employee $200,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $5 million in punitive damages.
Walmart is looking at its options after a jury determined it violated federal law by firing a longtime disabled employee who was awarded $5.2 million in damages.on October 11 that the worker, who has a developmental disability and is deaf and visually impaired, was awarded the multimillion dollar damages after being let go from his job as a cart pusher in Beloit, Wisconsin, after 16 years when a new manager began at the store.
Following a three-and-a-half-day trial, a Wisconsin jury awarded the employee $200,000 in compensatory damages and an additional $5 million in punitive damages. In a statement, Walmart dismissed the claim against them and said they tried to accommodate the employee. The company said he was asked to resubmit his medical paperwork due to safety concerns following an official accommodations review after the EEOC mentioned the worker's disability.
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