Legal Opinion
Bandera v. City of Quincy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 12, 2003No. 02-2307PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal by the City of Quincy from a jury verdict against the city in favor of Kathleen Bandera. The jury awarded Bandera $135,000 in punitive damages for sexual harassment, seemingly under state law. The appeal presents two different issues — whether the claim was barred by a prior purported settlement agreement and whether the trial was infected by error. The background facts follow.
In September 1997, Bandera was hired by the City of Quincy as executive director of a newly established, or to be established, Community Policing Commission. In the role she…
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