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SHIMMAN v. FRANK

Nos. 77-3338 to 77-3343.

625 F.2d 80 (1980)

John C. SHIMMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. John FRANK et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1980.

Rehearing Denied October 1, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Duane Callender, Neipp, Dorrell & Wingart, Toledo, Ohio, for Frank.

N. Victor Goodman, James F. DeLeone, Topper, Alloway, Goodman, DeLeone & Duffey, Stephen Lewis, Columbus, Ohio, for AFL-CIO.

Cary Rodman Cooper, Hayward, Cooper, Straub, Walinski, Cramer & Co., T. Scott Johnston, Toledo, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Roy Daniel Chinnis, Wagoner, Steinberg, Chinnis & Smith, Holland, Ohio, for Grothaus.

Foster J. Fludine, Bertsch, Edelman & Fludine Co., Cleveland, Ohio, for Local No. 18.

Before ENGEL and KEITH, Circuit Judges and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns an incident at a union meeting where a dissident union member was beaten. The victim of the beating sued a number of defendants, including the local union and the international union. The district court found every defendant liable and assessed damages totalling over $850,000. We find that all but one defendant is liable, but substantially reduce the damages award.

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