GRIFFIN v. CITY OF OPA-LOCKA

No. 00-12200.

261 F.3d 1295 (2001)

A. Griffin, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. City of Opa-Locka, Earnie P. Neal, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick H. Gonyea, Panza, Maurer, Maynard & Neel, Michael T. Burke, Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke & George, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Harriett Lewis, Adorno & Zeder, P.A., Christopher David Ritchie, Proskauer Rose, LLP., Boca Raton, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Ellen C. Freidin, Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and FAY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

I. Introduction

This is an appeal from a $2 million jury verdict and award in favor of Plaintiff A. Griffin ("Griffin") against the City of Opa-Locka ("the City") and its former City Manager, Earnie Neal ("Neal"), stemming from Neal's sexual harassment and assault against Griffin. Both the City and Neal appeal. Neal argues that the district court erred in denying his motion to bifurcate the trial against him and the City; that the district...

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