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JOAN W. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 84-2060.

771 F.2d 1020 (1985)

JOAN W., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1985.

As Corrected October 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Peter Carey, Mandel, Lipton & Stevenson, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Lynn K. Mitchell, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before ESCHBACH and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment against the City of Chicago in a Section 1983 suit, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, brought by a person identified for purposes of the suit as "Joan W." At the close of a trial in which liability was conceded, the jury awarded $112,000 in compensatory damages. The district court denied a motion for judgment N.O.V. The City urges that we grant a new trial or, alternatively, a remittitur of damages.

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