BANDERA v. CITY OF QUINCY

No. 02-2307.

344 F.3d 47 (2003)

Kathleen E. Bandera, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. City of Quincy; James Sheets, Mayor; Thomas Frane, Police Chief, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Grunebaum with whom Holtz Gilman Grunebaum and Monica E. Conyngham, City Solicitor, City of Quincy, were on brief for appellant City of Quincy.

Kathleen E. Bandera pro se.

Before Boudin, Chief Judge, Baldock, Senior Circuit Judge, and Howard, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the City of Quincy from a jury verdict against the city in favor of Kathleen Bandera. The jury awarded Bandera $135,000 in punitive damages for sexual harassment, seemingly under state law. The appeal presents two different issues — whether the claim was barred by a prior purported settlement agreement and whether the trial was infected by error. The background facts follow...

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