Opinion ID: 435884
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Equal Pay Act Violation

Text: 14 At trial, plaintiffs contended that from February and April 1981, when they fully assumed duties as correctional officers, to the time judgment was entered, they received less pay than similarly situated male correctional officers. The district court agreed with plaintiffs and ordered the parties to agree on the actual pay differentials involved. In compliance with that order, the parties stipulated to salary figures that showed a clear equal pay violation. Following the damages phase of trial, however, defendants attempted to refute the stipulated figures by pointing to unobjected to testimony of one defense witness. The district court offered defendants' counsel an opportunity to reopen the trial to resolve the alleged discrepancy between the stipulation and the testimony, but defendants' counsel declined that opportunity. 15 Defendants now argue that the district court erred in finding an equal pay violation because the testimony at trial refuted the stipulated figures. We hold that defendants waived their opportunity to raise this issue on appeal when they declined the district court's generous offer to reopen the trial.