Patterson v. Balsamico

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the Second Circuit has upheld awards up to $125,000 for “ ‘subjective distress’ not accompanied by medical treatment”
• noting that the New York standard requires “a more exacting review” of awards than the federal standard
• noting that the state standard requires “a more exacting review” than the federal standard
• noting that “New York courts have held that a claim for damages for [IIED] is subject to the one-year statute of limitations in [CPLR] [§] 215(3)” (citations omitted)
• remitting punitive damages award of $20,000 to $10,000 where individual defendant assaulted plaintiff, sprayed him with mace and taunted him with racial slurs
• approving award for $100,000 (approximately $122,000 in 2015 dollars) in hostile work environment and intentional infliction of emotional distress case, where only emotional harm was “garden variety”

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Cited by

57 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Design Strategy, Inc. v. Davis
  Second Circuit· 2006-10-19· cited 208×
• Stampf v. Long Island Railroad
  Second Circuit· 2014-07-30· cited 133×
• Schipani v. McLeod
  Second Circuit· 2008-08-15· cited 115×
• FIH, LLC v. Foundation Capital Partners, LLC.
  Second Circuit· 2019-04-01· cited 72×
• Fendi Adele S.R.L. v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.
  S.D. New York· 2010-03-23· cited 69×
• Mugavero v. ARMS ACRES, INC.
  S.D. New York· 2010-01-15· cited 51×
• Haas v. Delaware & Hudson Railway Co.
  Second Circuit· 2008-06-24· cited 50×
• Kyoei Fire & Marine Insurance v. M/V Maritime Antalya
  S.D. New York· 2007-10-04· cited 47×
• Preuss v. Kolmar Laboratories, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2013-09-04· cited 39×
• Agence France Presse v. Morel
  S.D. New York· 2013-10-24· cited 31×
• Graham v. City of New York
  E.D. New York· 2015-09-10· cited 27×
• Johnson v. Strive East Harlem Employment Group
  S.D. New York· 2014-01-02· cited 27×
• Floyd v. City of New York
  S.D. New York· 2014-07-30· cited 26×
• Advanced Analytics, Inc. v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-07-15· cited 24×
• Chen-Oster v. Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  S.D. New York· 2015-03-10· cited 23×
• Hoffer v. Tellone
  Second Circuit· 2025-02-13· cited 21×
• Chisholm v. MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER
  S.D. New York· 2011-11-04· cited 19×
• Menghi v. Hart
  E.D. New York· 2010-09-30· cited 17×
• New York v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2019-11-07· cited 17×
• Harewood v. Braithwaite
  E.D. New York· 2014-12-05· cited 17×

Cites

40 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Hensley v. Eckerhart
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-16· cited 17,202×
• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-28· cited 2,781×
• Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-24· cited 1,834×
• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-04· cited 1,406×
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 1,060×
• Krumme v. WestPoint Stevens Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2000-12-28· cited 344×
• Diesel v. Town of Lewisboro
  Second Circuit· 2000-11-09· cited 292×
• Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-02-22· cited 218×
• James K. Lee v. Michael Edwards
  Second Circuit· 1996-10-31· cited 207×
• Readco, Inc., R.D.P. Associates, Lan Associates Xii and Antonio Reale v. Marine Midland Bank Eagle Rock Holding, Inc., a New York Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1996-04-10· cited 180×
• Patterson v. Balsamico
  Second Circuit· 2006-02-27· cited 179×
• Khaled Kassim v. City of Schenectady and Michael T. Brockbank
  Second Circuit· 2005-07-18· cited 175×
• Mathie v. Fries
  Second Circuit· 1997-07-31· cited 173×
• Keith Cross and Alfred Francis v. New York City Transit Authority and Gregory Warren, Docket No. 04-2912-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2005-08-02· cited 168×
• Linda Hamilton, Individually and as of the Estate of George Hamilton v. Atlas Turner, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1999-11-22· cited 165×
• Jane M. Booking v. General Star Management Company and General Star Indemnity Company
  Second Circuit· 2001-06-20· cited 126×
• Albert Farbotko v. Clinton County Of New York
  Second Circuit· 2005-12-23· cited 123×
• Arnold R. Vasbinder v. Basil Y. Scott and Richard M. Switzer
  Second Circuit· 1992-09-30· cited 116×
• Finance One Public Company Limited v. Lehman Brothers Special Financing, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2005-07-12· cited 82×

Other cases named Patterson v. Balsamico

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Patterson v. Balsamico
  Second Circuit· 2006-02-27· cited 179×