FedEx Waives Response To Contractual Limitation Petition In Race Bias Suit

(June 28, 2024, 9:12 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — FedEx Corporate Services Inc. waived its right to respond to a former employee’s petition for a writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court in part to decide whether a contractual provision cutting the limitation to sue under the Civil Rights Act of 1866 is enforceable; the petition challenges the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ reduction of a more than $366 million jury verdict against FedEx in the employee’s retaliation case to $248,619.57....