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COUGHLIN v. TAILHOOK ASS'N

Nos. 95-15909, 95-16024.

112 F.3d 1052 (1997)

Paula COUGHLIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TAILHOOK ASSOCIATION, Defendant, and Las Vegas Hilton Corporation; Hilton Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellants. Paula COUGHLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TAILHOOK ASSOCIATION, Defendant, and Las Vegas Hilton Corporation; Hilton Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry L. Simms, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, D.C., and Robert C. Bonner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Dennis A. Schoville and Nancy L. Stagg, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before: FLETCHER, WIGGINS, and T. G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

During a convention at the Las Vegas Hilton, Navy Lieutenant Paula Coughlin was attacked by a group of men in a hotel hallway outside several convention-related hospitality suites. She sued several defendants, including the hotel and the organization which hosted the convention. A jury awarded her several million dollars in compensatory and punitive damages against the Las Vegas Hilton Corporation ("LVHC") and Hilton Hotels Corporation ("HHC...

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