A federal judge chopped 25% off a jury’s award of damages to a railroad employee who alleges he was fired because of his race.In a written opinion last week, U.S. District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly denied a motion by BNSF Railway Co. to throw out the verdict in favor of Ron Morris.But Kennelly held the $875,000 awarded by the jury — $375,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages — was “slightly excessive.”He reduced the compensatory damages award to $275,000 and the punitive …