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JONES v. SWANSON

No. 02-2857.

341 F.3d 723 (2003)

Richard M. JONES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Todd V. SWANSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 3, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Magnuson, argued, Minneapolis, MN (Peter Gray, Minneapolis, MN, A. Russell Janklow and Judith K. Gundewaldt of Sioux Falls, SD, on the brief), for appellant.

Robert A. Christenson, argued, Sioux Falls, SD (Robert J. Burns, Sioux Falls, SD, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BOWMAN and BYE, Circuit Judges, and ERICKSEN, District Judge.

BYE, Circuit Judge.

A jury awarded Richard M. Jones $450,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages against Todd V. Swanson in this diversity action for alienation of affection. Todd appeals the district court's denial of his motions for new trial and judgment as a matter of law. We affirm conditioned on Richard's acceptance of a remittitur order on the verdict.

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