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COWAN v. PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OF AMERICA

No. 930, Docket 90-7865.

935 F.2d 522 (1991)

Curtis COWAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David N. Rosen, New Haven, Conn. (Joseph D. Garrison, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Dean C. Berry, Washington, D.C. (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before KEARSE, PRATT and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.

GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff appeals the award of only $20,000 in attorney's fees under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Award Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988, entered in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Ralph K. Winter, United States Circuit Judge, sitting by designation. The fee was awarded after a bench trial in an employment discrimination suit that resulted in a damage award of $15,000 for emotional distress. Following...

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