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ALDRICH v. THOMSON McKINNON SECURITIES, INC.

No. 469, Docket 84-7591.

756 F.2d 243 (1985)

Helen L. ALDRICH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THOMSON McKINNON SECURITIES, INC. and George A. Serhal, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia M. Hynes, New York City (Milberg Weiss Bershad Specthrie & Lerach, New York City, Jared Specthrie, Elizabeth A. Shollenberger, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Harold R. Tyler, Jr., New York City (Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, Michael B. Mukasey, Blair Axel, Paul G. Gardephe, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc.

Edward J. Boyle, New York City (Wilson, Elser, Edelman & Dicker, New York City, James M. Kaplan, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant George A. Serhal.

Rosenman, Colin, Freund, Lewis & Cohen, New York City (Saul S. Cohen, Eric J. Wallach, Alan L. Doochin and Daniel R. Benson, New York City, of counsel), filed a brief for amicus curiae Securities Industry Ass'n, Inc.

Before LUMBARD, WINTER, and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc., a brokerage firm, and George Serhal, formerly a Thomson McKinnon account executive, appeal from a judgment of the Southern District that awarded Helen Aldrich $175,000 in compensatory damages, allocating $87,500 against each of the two defendants, $3,000,000 in punitive damages against Thomson McKinnon, and $12,500 in punitive damages against Serhal. The judgment was entered after a two-week jury trial, before...

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