· 4/19/1989
Erwin v. County Of Manitowoc
Citations
- 872 F.2d 1292
- 13 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 960
- 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 5760
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- holding that ‘when a jury finds a constitutional violation under a § 1983 claim, it may award punitive damages even when it does not award compensatory damages’
- “The question remains whether punitive damages can be awarded when the jury has awarded no compensatory or at least nominal damages to a particular plaintiff. Punitive damages (as awarded here
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