ZINKER v. DOTY

Nos. 1252, 1253, Dockets 89-9122, 89-9124.

907 F.2d 357 (1990)

Joseph ZINKER, as Executor of the Estate of Nancy Zinker, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. J. Paul DOTY, Director of Operations and Contract Administration for the Department of Income Maintenance of the State of Connecticut, individually and in his official capacity; Judith A. Kemp, Agency Personnel Administrator, individually and in her official capacity; Stephen B. Heintz, Commissioner, Department of Income Maintenance of the State of Connecticut, in his official capacity; and Elisha Freedman, Commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services of the State of Connecticut, Defendants, J. Paul Doty and Judith A. Kemp, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Eldergill, Manchester, Conn. (Beck & Eldergill, Manchester, Connecticut, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Hugh Barber, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Clarine Nardi Riddle, Atty. Gen., Richard J. Lynch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee J. Paul Doty, individually.

Robert A. Nagy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn. (Clarine Nardi Riddle, Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., of counsel), for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee Judith A. Kemp, individually.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, NEWMAN and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

J. Paul Doty and Judith A. Kemp appeal from an amended judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut which followed a jury trial before Judge Cabranes. The original judgment awarded Nancy Zinker $675,000 in compensatory damages against Doty and Kemp individually and $50,000 in punitive damages against each of them. The amended judgment, entered in response to...

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