DUNTON v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Nos. 542, 543, Dockets 83-7384, 83-7814.

729 F.2d 903 (1984)

Emerson W. DUNTON, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, STATE of NEW YORK, Suffolk County Police Department, County of Suffolk, State of New York, Robert Pfeiffer, Angela Pfeiffer, "Richard Roe," "James Doe" and "John Poe," the latter being fictitious names of real persons, members of the Suffolk County Police Department, Defendants, Angela Pfeiffer, and Robert Pfeiffer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. DeMartin, Hauppauge, N.Y. (DeMartin, Kranz, Davis & Hersh, Hauppauge, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Robert Pfeiffer.

Robert T. Rinear, West Babylon, N.Y. (Leonard Symons, Young, Symons & Rinear, West Babylon, N.Y. of counsel), for defendant-appellant Angela Pfeiffer.

Stanley L. Shapiro, Setauket, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before OAKES and MESKILL, Circuit Judges, and NEAHER, District Judge.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Robert Pfeiffer appeals from a judgment entered against him after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Glasser, J., awarding Emerson Dunton, Jr. $10,000 compensatory damages and $10,000 punitive damages on a state law battery claim. Angela Pfeiffer appeals from a judgment entered against her in the same trial, awarding Dunton $5,000 compensatory damages and $20,000 punitive damages for...

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