FREEMAN v. FRANZEN

Nos. 81-1746, 81-1747 and 81-2035.

695 F.2d 485 (1982)

Rollins FREEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gayle FRANZEN, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Rollins FREEMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfred BRANCHE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 15, 1982.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Block, Bannister, Block & Spevack, Chicago, Ill., for Freeman.

Thomas A. Ioppolo, Atty. Gen. of Ill., Chicago, Ill., for Branche and Franzen, et al.

Before WOOD, Circuit Judge, FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORGAN, Senior District Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Rollins Freeman, a former inmate at the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois, in a jury trial recovered $2,500 compensatory and $1,000 punitive damages against defendant Alfred Branche, and $250 compensatory damages each against defendants Jacobazzi and Bass, all defendants being correctional officers. Thereafter, the trial court granted in part defendants' motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdicts...

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