Woman wins $700,000 judgment over Party City firing

WATERLOO — A Waterloo woman who was fired hours before starting maternity leave has won $656,000 in punitive damages from Party City Corp.

A Black Hawk County jury also awarded Kellie Norris $40,000 in back pay and another $40,000 for emotional distress following a November trial.

Norris started working for the Factory Card and Party Outlet store in Waterloo — now called Party City — as general manager in 2003, and during her time earned awards for sales performance.

After Norris informed her district manager in 2010 that she was pregnant, the district manager refused to grant requests for time off because of severe morning sickness and doctor appointments and disciplined her for being absent.

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