Though the employee raised his own cross-appeal, the Eighth Circuit rejected each of his arguments, affirming the district court’s decision to toss the Title VII and state law human rights act claims, to exclude evidence that coworkers succeeded at trial against the employer, to deny a new trial on the issue of punitive damages, and finally, to deny certain forms of equitable relief (Sayger v Riceland Foods, Inc, November 18, 2013, Murphy, D). [read post]