Legal Opinion
Rollins Freeman v. Gayle Franzen, Rollins Freeman v. Alfred Branche
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 15, 1982No. 81-1746, 81-1747 and 81-2035PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Rollins Freeman, a former inmate at the Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois, in a jury trial recovered $2,500 compensatory and $1,000 punitive damages against defendant Alfred Branche, and $250 compensatory damages each against defendants Jacobazzi and Bass, all defendants being correctional officers. Thereafter, the trial court granted in part defendants’ motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdicts and set aside all awards except the compensatory' damage award against Branche. In addition, the court awarded plaintiff…
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