RAO v. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP.

Nos. 89 Civ. 2700 (JGK), 89 Civ. 7060.

905 F.Supp. 1236 (1995)

Ramakrishna C.V. RAO, Plaintiff, v. NEW YORK CITY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION; Jo Ivey Boufford, both individually and in her capacity as President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; Anthony Japha, both individually and in his capacity as Vice President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; Dennis Newman, both individually and in his capacity as Chief Engineer of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; Robert Weigand, both individually and in his capacity as Deputy Chief Engineer of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation; and Paul Rozsypal, both individually and in his capacity as Group Director of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

August 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Sussman, Sussman Law Offices, Goshen, NY, for plaintiff.

Paul A. Crotty, Corporation Counsel of City of New York, New York City, for defendants.


KOELTL, District Judge:

After a nine day trial of these consolidated cases, a jury returned a verdict, based on answers to special interrogatories, finding for the plaintiff, Ramakrishna Rao, against defendants Anthony Japha, Dennis Newman, and Robert Weigand on the plaintiff's claim that their termination of his employment at the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation ("HHC") violated his First Amendment rights. The jury awarded compensatory damages of $100...

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