Roby also asserted that McKesson had applied the attendance policy unevenly, overlooking instances when other employees were absent without notice. On April 14, 2000, McKesson terminated Roby by telephone, and it sent a followup letter on April 17, 2000. This led to an $800,000 reduction in the total compensatory damages award against employer McKesson, resulting in a net compensatory damages award of $2,005,000 for Roby. None involved Schoener's exercising the authority that McKesson had delegated to her so as to cause McKesson, in its corporate capacity, to take some action with respect to Roby. The majority assigns a relatively low degree of reprehensibility to the conduct of defendant McKesson Corporation (McKesson) toward plaintiff Charlene Roby.

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