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ISMAIL v. COHEN

No. 85 Civ. 0121 (PKL).

712 F.Supp. 416 (1989)

Labib ISMAIL, Plaintiff, v. Scott COHEN, individually and as a New York City police officer, and City of New York, a Municipal Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 3, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Herbst, New York City, for plaintiff.

Law Dept. of the City of New York, Corp. Counsel, New York City (Gabriel Taussig, Jane L. Gordon, Lisa S.J. Yee, of counsel), for defendants.

ORDER & OPINION

LEISURE, District Judge:

This action was tried to a jury over seven days in late February and early March of 1989. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $650,000 in compensatory damages against both defendants and $150,000 in punitive damages against Officer Scott Cohen ("Cohen" or "Officer Cohen"). Accordingly, plaintiff was awarded $800,000 by Judgment No. 89,0561. On March 31, 1989, counsel for defendants moved...

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