· 11/23/2011
G.G. v. Karen Grindle
Citations
- 665 F.3d 795
- 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 23368
- 2011 WL 5924417
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- upholding the lower court’s denial of remittitur of a $250,000 compensatory damage jury verdict against a school principal who failed to stop a music teacher from inappropriately touching the fifth-grade plaintiff over the clothes on her breast and the middle of her thigh
- “Great deference must be given to the jury’s verdict, because…the jury [is] in a superior position to find facts and determine a proper damages award.”
- great deference should be given to the jury’s verdict because the jury “is in a superior position to determine a proper damages award”
- “Great deference must be given to the jury’s verdict, because...the jury [is] in a superior position to find facts and determine a proper damages award.”
- jury awarded $7,250 in punitive damages against a school principal who failed to stop a music teacher from inappropriately touching a student on her breast and thigh
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Judges: Flaum, Kanne, Wood
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