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Spaeth and then failed to rehire her because she has a disability.

The jury also found that Walmart had fired Ms. Spaeth with a reasonable accommodation, even though she needed one because she has Down syndrome and it would not have posed a hardship to the company. The jury, which deliberated for three hours after a four-day trial, found that Walmart had failed to provide Ms. Spaeth $125 million in punitive damages and $150,000 in compensatory damages. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, in Green Bay, found that Walmart had violated the Americans With Disabilities Act, which bans discrimination based on an employee’s disability, and awarded Ms. But Walmart refused to rehire her, even though her termination letter said she could be hired again, her lawyers said. Spaeth and her mother and sister met with Walmart managers and asked that she be rehired and allowed to return to her old schedule, her lawyers said. Spaeth had not understood what was happening, court records show. The training coordinator later testified that both she and Ms. Spaeth’s vest and walked her out of the store where she had worked for about 16 years. Spaeth for excessive absenteeism.Ī Walmart training coordinator took Ms. Spaeth twice for absenteeism and tardiness, her lawyers said. Walmart then took disciplinary action against Ms. Spaeth back to her old schedule at the store, which was open 24 hours a day and had more than 300 employees, her lawyers said. She says she feels sick, and she can’t accommodate it, so we need it switched back for her.”īut the company refused to switch Ms. “She’s afraid she’s going to miss dinner. “She’s afraid she’s going to miss the bus,” her sister and guardian, Amy Jo Stevenson, said she had told a Walmart manager, according to court records. Spaeth repeatedly told a manager that she wanted her old schedule back, her lawyers said. Spaeth, who has Down syndrome and thrives on routine, her lawyers said. The abrupt change represented a significant hardship for Ms.