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064042P.pdf   01/15/2008  Todd Sturgill  v.  UPS
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  06-4042
                          and No:  07-1127
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville   
   [PUBLISHED] [Loken, Author, with Wollman and Riley, Circuit
   Judges]
Civil case - Employment Discrimination. In suit alleging defendant discriminated against plaintiff and failed to accommodate his Seventh Day Adventist beliefs, the district court erred in instructing the jury that a reasonable accommodation must eliminate the religious conflict; however, this instruction was not reversible, as under the circumstances presented in the case, the instruction did not mislead the jury or have a probable effect on the verdict; award of compensatory damages and restatement with front pay is affirmed; however, the injunctive relief concerning future accommodations was overbroad and is vacated; punitive damage award set aside as there was no evidence that any UPS employee acted with malice or reckless indifference to plaintiff's accommodation request; award of attorneys' fees and costs affirmed.