Bhaduri v. Middlesex County Sheriff's Department

MacLeod-Mancuso, BONNIE H., J.

This matter is before the Court on Defendants,’ Middlesex County Sheriffs Department (Department), Paul Tierney (Tierney), Horace Coward (Coward), David Ellison (Ellison), and Terry McCarthy (McCarthy), motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, or in the alternative, for remittitur of punitive damages against Plaintiff Rajkumar Bhaduri (Bhaduri). Bhaduri opposes Defendants’ motion, urging the Court not to vacate the judgment, and in the alternative, has moved for a mistrial and a new trial on all the issues.

In March 2006, a jury heard Bhaduri’s case, in…