VASBINDER v. SCOTT

No. 830, Docket 91-7884.

976 F.2d 118 (1992)

Arnold R. VASBINDER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Basil Y. SCOTT and Richard M. Switzer, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Smirlock, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y., Albany, N.Y. (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Sol. Gen., and Peter G. Crary, Asst. Atty. Gen. of the State of New York, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

John Alden Stevens, Ithaca, N.Y. (Williamson, Clune & Stevens, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: WINTER, PRATT, and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


MAHONEY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal follows a jury trial solely on the issue of punitive damages. Defendants-appellants Basil Y. Scott and Richard M. Switzer appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Thomas J. McAvoy, Judge, entered June 3, 1991 after a jury trial, that awarded plaintiff-appellee Arnold R. Vasbinder $150,000 in punitive damages against each defendant-appellant, and from a subsequent order...

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