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DE RONDE v. GAYTIME SHOPS

Nos. 70-71, Docket 24142-24143.

239 F.2d 735 (1956)

Murray DE RONDE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GAYTIME SHOPS, Inc., Wrights Apparel, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and Globe Indemnity Company, Defendant. Murray DE RONDE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRANKFORD-COTTMAN CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, and Globe Indemnity Company, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1956.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing January 18, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph S. Lord, III, Philadelphia, Pa. (Leo Gitlin, New York City, and Richter, Lord & Levy, Philadalphia, Pa., of counsel on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Barrett, Molloy, Geoghan & Swiggett, New York City (Samuel E. Swiggett, New York City, of counsel on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Before MEDINA, LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

From a jury verdict for the plaintiff for $32,000, of which $20,000 represented punitive damages, the defendants appeal.

The defendants-appellants, Gaytime Shops, Inc., Wrights Apparel, Inc., and Frankford-Cottman Corporation are members of a family of corporations dealing in ladies apparel. Originally De Ronde, a citizen of Ohio, brought two suits: one in the Southern District of New York against Gaytime, a New York corporation, Wrights...

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