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as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
122572P.pdf 03/07/2013 Shaunta Hudson v. United Systems of Arkansas U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-2572 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Loken and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Employment discrimination. A legally sufficient basis existed for a reasonable jury to determine that plaintiff had made a showing that she had been discriminated against on the basis of her gender, and the district court did not err in finding defendant was not entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the claim; district court did not err in denying defendant's motion for a remittitur as the evidence was sufficient to support the jury's award of $100,000 for mental anguish, and the award was not monstrous, shocking or grossly excessive. 122635U.pdf 03/07/2013 Layla Linegar v. Mark Lobanoff, M.D. U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-2635 U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Bowman and Gruender, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Torts. Under Minnesota law, a medical tort claim must be supported by expert testimony, and the district court did not err in dismissing plaintiff's medical tort claims after she acknowledged that she did not have an expert witness available to testify at trial. 122887U.pdf 03/07/2013 Sarojini Daram v. Jeffrey Ptak, M.D., P.C. U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-2887 U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Murphy, Smith and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case. Dismissal of complaint on the basis of claim preclusion affirmed without comment. 123702U.pdf 03/07/2013 Julia Ann Briggs v. Wheeling Machine Product Co. U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 12-3702 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff [UNPUBLISHED] [Per Curiam - Before Murphy, Smith and Colloton, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Employment discrimination. District court did not err in dismissing the complaint as time barred as plaintiff had not filed a timely charge with the EEOC and had failed to provide any basis for waiver or equitable estoppel.