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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1343 Violation of Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

FORT SMITH DIVISION

DIANA PAYNE PLAINTIFF

v. Civil No. 04-2189

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

FORT SMITH BY AND THROUGH THE

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS DEFENDANT

 

ORDER

On the 14th day of August 2006, this matter came on for trial

to a duly selected jury consisting of eight members, the Honorable

Robert T. Dawson presiding. The trial continued until August 18,

2006, when the case was submitted to the jury on interrogatories

with a unanimous verdict as follows:

 INTERROGATORY NO. 1: ON PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM THAT DEFENDANT 

VIOLATED THE EQUAL PAY ACT BY PAYING PLAINTIFF AT A RATE LESS THAN

THE RATE AT WHICH DEFENDANT PAID WAGES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE

OPPOSITE SEX FOR EQUAL WORK (See Instruction Nos. 11 & 12), WE THE

JURY FIND IN FAVOR OF:

PLAINTIFF _____

DEFENDANT __/__ (based upon this answer, the jury was not

required to answer Interrogatory Nos. 2-3)

INTERROGATORY NO. 4: ON PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM UNDER TITLE VII

THAT DEFENDANT DISCRIMINATED AGAINST HER IN HER WAGES AND RANKING

BASED UPON HER GENDER AS SUBMITTED IN INSTRUCTION NO. 15, WE THE

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JURY FIND IN FAVOR OF:

PLAINTIFF _______

DEFENDANT ___/___

INTERROGATORY NO. 5: ON PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM THAT DEFENDANT

DISCHARGED HER FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT THE GENDER DISCRIMINATION, AS

SUBMITTED IN INSTRUCTION NO. 18, WE THE JURY FIND IN FAVOR OF:

PLAINTIFF ___/__

DEFENDANT ______

INTERROGATORY NO. 6: HAS IT BEEN PROVED BY THE PREPONDERANCE

OF THE EVIDENCE THAT DEFENDANT WOULD HAVE PAID OR RANKED DIANA

PAYNE LOWER THAN HER COLLEAGUES REGARDLESS OF HER GENDER, AS

SUBMITTED IN INSTRUCTION NO. 19?

YES _____

NO __/__

INTERROGATORY NO. 7: HAS IT BEEN PROVED BY THE PREPONDERANCE

OF THE EVIDENCE THAT DEFENDANT WOULD HAVE DISCHARGED PLAINTIFF

REGARDLESS OF HER COMPLAINTS OF GENDER DISCRIMINATION, AS

SUBMITTED IN INSTRUCTION NO. 19?

YES _____

NO __/__

INTERROGATORY NO. 8: STATE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES, AS

SUBMITTED IN INSTRUCTION NOS. 20 & 21, THAT YOU FIND FROM THE

PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE SHOULD BE AWARDED TO PLAINTIFF FOR

LOST WAGES AND BENEFITS; IF YOU FIND THAT PLAINTIFF’S DAMAGES DO

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NOT HAVE A MONETARY VALUE, WRITE IN THE NOMINAL AMOUNT OF ONE

DOLLAR ($1.00).

ANSWER: $27,636.73

INTERROGATORY NO. 9: STATE THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES, AS

SUBMITTED IN INSTRUCTION NOS. 20 & 21, THAT YOU FIND FROM THE

PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE SHOULD BE AWARDED TO PLAINTIFF FOR

OTHER DAMAGES, EXCLUDING LOST WAGES AND BENEFITS, SUCH AS FUTURE

PECUNIARY LOSSES, EMOTIONAL PAIN, SUFFERING, INCONVENIENCE, MENTAL

ANGUISH, LOSS OF ENJOYMENT OF LIFE, AND OTHER NON-PECUNIARY

LOSSES; IF YOU FIND THAT PLAINTIFF’S DAMAGES DO NOT HAVE A

MONETARY VALUE, WRITE IN THE NOMINAL AMOUNT OF ONE DOLLAR ($1.00).

ANSWER: $134,166.67

Before entry of final judgment, the parties are directed to

file any post-trial motions within the appropriate time periods

and to submit any proposals for any entry of judgment in this

matter. The defendant declined to appear at the Court’s regularly

scheduled settlement conference prior to trial, and the parties

and counsel are now ORDERED TO APPEAR before the Honorable Beverly

Stites Jones at the Judge Isaac Parker Federal Building, in Room

226 at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 30, 2006, to discuss issues

in this case to include front pay, reinstatement, attorney’s fees

and costs.

 

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IT IS SO ORDERED this 21 day of August 2006. st

/s/ Robert T. Dawson

Honorable Robert T. Dawson

United States District Judge

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