United States Second Circuit

The District Court acted within its discretion when reducing a jury award for pain and suffering resulting from the County's negligent treatment of the plaintiff during his incarceration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/02/2004
• Published 06/02/2004

Judges

• KEARSE, Circuit Judge., Before:  KEARSE, CABRANES, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY (Varuni Nelson, Assistant United States Attorney, Brooklyn, NY, of counsel), for the United States as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ginsberg & Broome, New York, NY (Robert M. Ginsberg, New York, NY, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants., Lorna B. Goodman, County Attorney of Nassau County, Mineola, NY (Dennis J. Saffran, David B. Goldin, Deputy County Attorneys, Mineola, NY, James J. Keefe, Jr., Montfort, Healy, McGuire & Salley, Garden City, NY, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.