Legal Opinion
Rao v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 16, 1995No. 89 Civ. 2700 (JGK), 89 Civ. 7060PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOELTL, District Judge:
After a nine day trial of these consolidated cases, a jury returned a verdict, based on answers to special interrogatories, finding for the plaintiff, Ramakrishna Rao, against defendants Anthony Japha, Dennis Newman, and Robert Weigand on the plaintiffs claim that their termination of his employment at the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (“HHC”) violated his First Amendment rights. The jury awarded compensatory damages of $100,000 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. It found the remaining individual defendant, Paul Rozsypal, not to be hable for any violation of the…
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