Legal Opinion
Halcomb v. Woods
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 3, 2011No. Civil Action 02-1336(PLF)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.
In November of 2009, plaintiff Gloria Halcomb presented to a jury her claims that defendant Nopadon Woods was liable to her for false arrest, assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and violations of her Fourth Amendment rights. The jury found in Ms. Halcomb’s favor as to most of those claims and awarded her $75,000 in compensatory and $175,000 in punitive damages. This matter is now before the Court on Mr. Woods’ motion for judgment as a matter of law or, alternatively, for a new trial. Mr. Woods argues that (1) he is entitled…
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