Legal Opinion
Angela Lee v. Albert Borders
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2014No. 13-3128PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Circuit Judge.
Angela Marie Lee sued Albert Lee Borders in state court for battery and, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for deprivation of her substantive due process right to bodily integrity; she also brought suit against the St. Charles Habilitation Center and the Missouri Department of Mental Health, who removed the case to federal court and were subsequently dismissed from the case. After a three-day trial, the jury returned a verdict against Borders on both counts and awarded Lee $1 million in compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive damages. Borders then moved for judgment…
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