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$450,000 Award in Sexual Assault Case Not Excessive

The court of appeals for the second circuit held that a $250,000 compensatory damage award against a county jail security director for sexually abusing a prisoner was not excessive. However, the court held that the $500,000 punitive damage award was, reducing it to $200,000.

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