United States Second Circuit
Martinez v. Port Auth. of New York & New Jersey, 04-6636
Award of $464,000 in damages on plaintiff's false arrest and malicious prosecution claims, after plaintiff accepted a remittitur of the $1,104,000 in damages awarded by the jury, is affirmed over claims that: 1) the remitted award was disproportionate to the emotional injury; 2) the jury instructions permitted plaintiff to recover for duplicative damages; and 3) the court's breakdown of award into segments distorted calculations.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/13/2006
- Published 04/13/2006
Judges
- PER CURIAM., Before: CABRANES, SOTOMAYOR, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Second Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Michael L. Spiegel, New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Joan F. Bennett (Milton H. Pachter, Carlene V. McIntyre, Thomas M. Hoey, Jr., on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants.