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Toomey v. Farley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 15, 1955
286 App. Div. 1084 (N.Y. App. Div. 1955)

Summary

In Toomey v. Farley, 286 App. Div. 1084, 147 N.Y.S.2d 672, the plaintiffs were charged in a political campaign document with being Communists. An award of $10,000 as compensatory damages and $7,500 as punitive damages was reduced by the Appellate Division to $5,000 as compensatory damages and $5,000 as punitive damages.

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Opinion

November 15, 1955.


Judgment unanimously reversed and a new trial ordered, with costs to the appellants to abide the event, unless the plaintiff Toomey consents to reduce the punitive damages verdict in her favor to the sum of $5,000, and unless the plaintiff Stella consents to reduce compensatory damages verdict and the punitive damages verdict to the sum of $5,000 each, in which event the judgment, as so modified, is affirmed, without costs. On this record the amounts awarded are excessive. Settle order on notice.

Concur — Peck, P.J., Botein, Rabin and Bergan, JJ.


Summaries of

Toomey v. Farley

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 15, 1955
286 App. Div. 1084 (N.Y. App. Div. 1955)

In Toomey v. Farley, 286 App. Div. 1084, 147 N.Y.S.2d 672, the plaintiffs were charged in a political campaign document with being Communists. An award of $10,000 as compensatory damages and $7,500 as punitive damages was reduced by the Appellate Division to $5,000 as compensatory damages and $5,000 as punitive damages.

Summary of this case from Collins v. Brown
Case details for

Toomey v. Farley

Case Details

Full title:ANNE K. TOOMEY et al., Respondents, v. JAMES J. FARLEY et al., Appellants…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Nov 15, 1955

Citations

286 App. Div. 1084 (N.Y. App. Div. 1955)

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