SHANNON v. SASSEVILLE

Civil No. 08-343-P-H.

684 F.Supp.2d 169 (2010)

Michael SHANNON, Plaintiff v. Sarto Anthony SASSEVILLE, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

February 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore H. Irwin, Irwin, Tardy and Morris, P.A., Portland, ME, Joshua A. Tardy, Irwin Tardy Morris, Newport, ME, for Plaintiff.

David J. Van Dyke, Hornblower, Lynch, Rabasco & Van Dyke, Lewiston, ME, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL, JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW AND REMITTITUR OF PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARD

D. BROCK HORNBY, District Judge.

The issues here are, first, whether the evidence at trial supported a jury verdict of punitive damages against a man found liable for molesting his seven-year-old nephew1 and, second, whether a punitive damage award...

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