Grace v. CORBIS SYGMA

OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this case, following a bench trial, I awarded plaintiff Arthur Grace $472,000 in damages. See Grace v. Corbis Sygma, 403 F.Supp.2d 337, 351 (S.D.N.Y.2005) (“Grace I ”). Grace appealed, arguing that the amount awarded was inadequate. See Grace v. Corbis-Sygma, 487 F.3d 113, 114 (2d Cir.2007) (“Grace II”). The Second Circuit did not rule on the adequacy of the award of $472,000, but vacated the judgment and remanded for further proceedings because, as it wrote, “it appears to us that, in assessing damages in this case, the District Court applied an arbitrary…