McFADDEN v. SANCHEZ

Nos. 993, 1150, Dockets 82-7714, 82-7744.

710 F.2d 907 (1983)

Ivy McFADDEN, as Administratrix of the Estate of Gregory Isiah McFadden a/k/a Gregory McFadden and Abdul Hadi, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Detective Juan SANCHEZ, et al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, and The City of New York, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 14, 1983.

Certiorari Denied November 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F.X. Hart, New York City (Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, Leonard Koerner, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Harold F. Goldwasser, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before MANSFIELD, MESKILL and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied November 7, 1983. See 104 S.Ct. 394.

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal four New York City police officers challenge a $200,000 punitive damage award assessed against them jointly in the June 1, 1982, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Robert J. Ward, Judge). The $200,000 punitive damages award was levied by a jury after it found that the four officers had violated the constitutional rights of Gregory...

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