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RAFTERY v. SCOTT

No. 84-1052.

756 F.2d 335 (1985)

William E. RAFTERY, Sr., Appellee, v. Katheryn Girvin SCOTT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kunstler, New York City (Kunstler & Mason, New York City, on brief), for appellant.

Sa'ad El-Amin, Richmond, Va. (Sa'ad El-Amin & Associates, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge.

In a diversity case brought by a New York citizen, William E. Raftery, Sr., against a Virginia citizen, Katheryn Girvin Scott, a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia returned a verdict against the defendant of $40,000 in compensatory damages and $10,000 in punitive damages.

The plaintiff and defendant had formerly been married to one another. During their seven year marriage one child, William...

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