Dive Brief:
- Francine Katz is seeking a new trial of her lawsuit alleging gender discrimination at Anheuser-Busch, the brewer where she was once the company's highest-ranking female employee.
- At issue are instructions to the jury and a statement by the defense in her first trial, which ended with Katz's defeat after 13 days of testimony.
- Katz had sought more than $14 million in damages in the trial that ended in May.
Dive Insight:
There would appear to be some weight behind Katz's claim that errors were made in the first trial. Particularly interesting is that Katz's legal team is upset that a defense attorney in the May trial misrepresented what the law says ... and that the judge failed to correct the misstatement even when Katz's team objected.