Jennifer Harris v. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc.
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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.
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 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. u PARTIES The parties to this proceeding are set out in the caption. RELATED CASES Jennifer Harris v. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc., in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, Case No. 4:21-CV-01651. Judgment entered on February 2, 2023. Jennifer Harris v. FedEx Corporate Services, Inc., in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Case No. 23-20035. Judgment entered on February 1, 2024.