SMITH v. LIGHTNING BOLT PRODUCTIONS, INC.

No. 1312, Docket 88-7008.

861 F.2d 363 (1988)

Harlan Alonzo SMITH, a/k/a Lonnie Smith, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LIGHTNING BOLT PRODUCTIONS, INC., Jack B. Solerwitz, John C. Maichin, Solerwitz & Leeds, Bank Leumi Trust Company of New York, Madison Square Garden, Inc., Madison Square Boxing, Inc. and Tiffany Promotions, Inc., Defendants, Appeal of Jack B. SOLERWITZ, Solerwitz & Leeds and Lightning Bolt Productions, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1988.

Final briefs filed June 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W.E. Bowen, IV, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jack B. Solerwitz, Mineola, N.Y. (Yaakov Kanovsky, Mineola, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants.

Before NEWMAN, KEARSE and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Jack B. Solerwitz, Lightning Bolt Productions, Inc. ("Lightning Bolt"), and the law firm of Solerwitz & Leeds ("S & L") appeal from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Jacob Mishler, Judge, following a jury trial and a remittitur, (1) ordering them to pay plaintiff Harlan Alonzo Smith, a/k/a Lonnie Smith, $158,446.14, plus interest, as compensatory damages...

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