The California Supreme Court has reduced the punitive damages that McKesson Corp. must pay a former employee who claimed she was harassed because she suffered panic attacks and had body odor.
The court on Monday ordered the San Francisco-based drug distributor to pay Charlene Roby $3.8 million.
It cut the amount from the nearly $20 million a Yolo County jury initially awarded the former customer service worker in 2004.
McKesson did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Roby sued McKesson, claiming the company wrongly fired her after a stellar 25-year career. Roby, who took medication for her panic attacks that caused body …
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