Opinion ID: 520377
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Damages Reduction

Text: 23 This court does not disturb a damages award unless it is clearly unsupported by the evidence. Chalmers v. City of Los Angeles, 762 F.2d 753, 760 (9th Cir.1985). 24 The jury awarded Roberts the following compensatory damages: 25 $115,000 Lost income, expenses and special damages 200,000 Pain and suffering 200,000 Destruction of career 26 The jury also awarded punitive damages of $15,000 against Dr. Patterson and $125,000 against Dr. Stout. 27 The district court reviewed the evidence and disallowed the $200,000 attributable to destruction of her career because there was no evidence that Roberts tried to obtain other employment or that her personnel record at the College was causally connected to any putative inability to find another job. Roberts asserts that her career is destroyed and she is unemployable, but she cites to no specific evidence presented at trial to prove that fact. 28 The district court disallowed the punitive damages against Patterson and Stout because it found no evidence of the requisite intent or reckless and callous disregard. Smith v. Wade, 461 U.S. 30, 51, 103 S.Ct. 1625, 1637-38, 75 L.Ed.2d 632 (1983). Roberts has made no argument on appeal in support of the propriety of the punitive damages jury award.