Opinion ID: 5215
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Company Car $725.00 × 12 mo.6 = $ 8,700.00

Text: 7. Increased retiree medical insurance—$47.79 × 10 mo. = $ 477.90 TOTAL = $ 97,799.34 Terra is entitled to the following off-setting post-termination earnings and deductions:7 1. Interim Salary—$2500.00 × 22 mo. plus $1250.00 for Oct. 15–Oct. 31 = $ 56,250.00 2. Vacation Pay = $ 3,870.00 3. Pension Benefits—$197.00 × 32 mo. = $ 6,304.00 TOTAL $ 66,424.00 not have been penalized by tolling the back pay on the day of resignation from Mid–Valley. The jury was also in a better position to weigh the evidence and argument by counsel concerning cut-offs for the back pay period. Therefore, we do not find the award of back pay for 32 months to be clearly erroneous. 6 Brunnemann testified that he incurred additional automobile costs of $725.00 a month only during his second year with Mid–Valley. He is not entitled to this loss after he left Mid–Valley because he no longer needed an automobile for business purposes. However, Brunnemann also testified that Terra provided an automobile for his personal use and paid for the gas and insurance as well. At Mid–Valley, Brunnemann was given a travel allowance of $750.00 per month, but he testified that his travel expenses greatly exceeded that amount. Therefore, he incurred a loss of $725.00 a month for the second year at Mid–Valley. There was no evidence presented as to the value of the automobile furnished by Terra for Brunneman's personal use, therefore, there can be no award for loss of that benefit. 7 Courts uniformly offset interim earnings from back pay awards in order to make the plaintiff whole, yet avoid windfall awards. Stephens, 955 F.2d at 1028 (citations omitted). In the case before us, the record shows that the jury was instructed to deduct Brunnemann's interim earnings from an award of back pay, however, given the excessive amount of the award, it appears they did not do so. In addition, a deduction is allowed for sums received from retirement benefits. Smith v. Office of Personnel Management, 778 F.2d 258, 263 (5th Cir.1985). Vacation pay should be allowed as an off-set because it is compensation based on salary, position and current job performance and is earned just like wages. See E.E.O.C. v. Boeing Services Intern., 968 F.2d 549, 557 (5th Cir.1992). ----- These figures justify a maximum compensatory award of $31,375.34. Following the maximum recovery rule recognized in this circuit, we direct the district court to file a remittitur of $68,624.66. If the plaintiff refuses to remit, we order a new trial on damages only. Brunneman argues that he is entitled to recover for additional benefits lost after his termination from Terra which would support the jury's verdict of $100,000. These benefits are dental insurance premiums and the face value of a life insurance and accidental death policy provided by Terra.8 We find no merit in these claims. First of all, Brunnemann failed to supply evidence concerning t he cost of the dental insurance premiums. He also failed to provide evidence of any out-of-pocket expenses paid for dental services which he incurred because he no longer had dental insurance. If Brunneman had provided such evidence, he was only entitled to recover those expenses actually incurred by either replacement of the lost insurance or dental expenses actually incurred that were covered under his former dental insurance plan. Pearce v. Carrier Corporation, 966 F.2d 958, 959 (5th Cir.1992). Brunneman provided no such evidence, however. Likewise, Brunneman cannot recover the face value of the life and accidental death policy. An ADEA claimant is limited to recovery of those expenses actually incurred by either replacement of the lost insurance or occurrence of the insured risk. Pearce, 966 F.2d at 959. Brunneman produced no evidence that he incurred expenses for substituted coverage, and Brunneman is not dead, therefore the insured risk has not occurred and he cannot recover the value of the policy or substituted premiums he never paid. We find no merit in any other claims that Brunnemann presents to support the $100,000 verdict.