No. 23-1314

Jennifer Harris v. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-06-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-act contract contractual-limitation court-of-appeals due-process intangible-damages lawsuit-filing maximum-recovery standing statute-of-limitations
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a maximum recovery rule limiting verdicts
of intangible compensatory damages should be bound by
a percentage of a prior amount approved by the court of
appeals.

Whether a contractual provision reducing the
limitation on filing a lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of
1866 from four years to six months is enforceable.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a contractual provision reducing the limitation on filing a lawsuit under the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from four years to six months is enforceable.

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-18
Waiver of right of respondent Fedex Corporate Services, Inc. to respond filed.
2024-06-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 17, 2024)

Attorneys

Fedex Corporate Services, Inc.
Kyle Douglas HawkinsLehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, Respondent
Jennifer Harris
Brian P. SanfordThe Sanford Firm, Petitioner