Laurie Marie M. v. Jeffrey T. M.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Miller, J.
This appeal presents questions as to the appropriateness and excessiveness of the verdicts rendered in a civil action founded on intrafamilial child sex abuse. After a trial, the court granted the plaintiffs motion for judgment as a matter of law on the issue of liability with respect to the battery cause of action, and upon a jury verdict, the defendant was found liable for intentional infliction of emotional distress for sexually touching the plaintiff, his 11-year-old stepdaughter. The jury awarded the infant plaintiff $200,000 in compensatory damages and…
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