Legal Opinion
Celia G. Zimmerman v. Direct Federal Credit Union and David Breslin
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 4, 2001No. 01-1007PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is the aftermath of a jury verdict that awarded plaintiff-appellee Celia Zimmerman $200,000 in compensatory damages and $400,000 in punitive damages on her claim for retaliation and an additional $130,000 in compensatory damages on her claim for tortious interference with advantageous relations. 1 Resolving the appeal requires us to realign the standard of review applicable to appeals from punitive damage awards in light of recent Supreme Court precedent. Before reaching this issue, however, we first must ponder two antecedent questions: (1) Does the evidence…
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