Stampf v. Long Island Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a plaintiff demonstrated favorable termination where a prosecutor declined to pursue charges because the case could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt
• holding that a plaintiff demonstrated favorable termination where a prosecutor declined to pursue charges because the case could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt
• noting that, if appellate courts regularly affirm large damages awards in the name of deference to the jury, “the baseline of reasonableness will be constantly forced upward”
• noting that, if appellate courts regularly affirm large damages awards in the name of deference to the jury, the “baseline of reasonableness will be constantly forced upward”
• noting that, if 13 appellate courts regularly affirm large damages awards in the name of 14 deference to the jury, ʺthe baseline of reasonableness will be constantly 15 forced upwardʺ
• noting that diagnosis for mental or emotional disorder would justify higher emotional damages award

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