Legal Opinion
Doe v. Columbia University
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 13, 1996No. 93 Civ. 1333 (DAB) (RLE)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BATTS, District Judge.
The present action is before the Court on objections by Defendants Columbia University (“Columbia”) and Summit Security Services, Inc. (“Summit”), to a ruling by Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis, granting Plaintiff Jane Doe permission to amend her Complaint to add a claim for punitive damages as part of her prayer for relief. Magistrate Judge Ellis’s ruling, by Order dated October 18, 1995, analyzed Plaintiffs claims in light of the legal standards in New York for allowing punitive damage claims. Although recognizing the presence of factual disputes,…
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