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THORESON v. PENTHOUSE INTL.

179 A.D.2d 29 (1992)

Marjorie L. Thoreson, Also Known as Anneka diLorenzo, Respondent, v. Penthouse International, Ltd., et al., Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

April 2, 1992

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bettina B. Plevan of counsel (Myron D. Rumeld and Jeffrey H. Daichman with her on the brief; Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn and Greenspoon, Srager, Gaynin, Daichman & Marino, attorneys), for appellants.

Murray Schwartz (Steven B. Blau with him on the brief), for respondent.

Dorchen A. Leidholdt and Wendy C. Lecker for Women's Bar Association of the State of New York and others, amici curiae.

Nadine Taub of counsel (Rutgers Law School-Newark), for Women's Rights Litigation Clinic and another, amici curiae.

Catherine A. MacKinnon, amicus curiae.

KASSAL, J., concurs with RUBIN, J., and in a separate opinion; ROSENBERGER, J. P., concurs in the opinions of RUBIN and KASSAL, JJ; WALLACH, J., dissents in part in a separate opinion.

[179 A.D.2d 30]
RUBIN, J.

On appeal, defendants contend that the award of compensatory damages is not supported by the evidence and that punitive damages are unavailable and, in any event, excessive. The Trial Justice found that plaintiff was pressured into engaging in sexual activity with defendant Robert Guccione's

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business associates, specifically an 18-month liaison with a financial...

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