James v. Powell

Judgment entered upon an inquest for assessment of damages held after

defendants’ answer was stricken for failure to appear for examination before trial in accordance with a court order, unanimously modified, on the law, on the facts and in the exercise of discretion, to the extent of (1) reducing the award of punitive damages in the first decretal paragraph to $100,000, (2) deleting the second decretal paragraph, and (3) reducing the award of compensatory damages in the third decretal paragraph to $55,785.76; and the judgment, as so modified, is affirmed, wtih $50 costs and disbursements to…