Legal Opinion
Richard M. Jones v. Todd v. Swanson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 3, 2003No. 02-2857PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
A jury awarded Richard M. Jones $450,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages against Todd V. Swanson in this diversity action for alienation of affection. Todd appeals the district court’s denial of his motions for new trial and judgment as a matter of law. We affirm conditioned on Richard’s acceptance of a remittitur order on the verdict.
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Donna Jones and Todd Swanson grew up a small rural South Dakota community. They became romantically involved for a short time in 1977 upon Donna graduating from high school. They rekindled the romance in 1978 and…
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