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Title: Seltzer v. Morton
Author : Court of Appeals of New York
Release Date : January 12, 2007
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 118 KB

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1 This appeal follows a civil jury trial conducted in the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Cascade County. The Plaintiff, W. Steve Seltzer ("Seltzer"), filed suit against Steve Morton ("Morton"), Dennis A. Gladwell ("Gladwell"), and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, L.L.P., ("GDC") (collectively "Defendants"), claiming that they had committed the torts of malicious prosecution and abuse of process. In the first phase of trial, the jury found in favor of Seltzer and awarded $1.1 million in compensatory damages. At this time, the jury also determined that the Defendants should be subjected to a punitive sanction. In the second phase of trial, the jury assessed punitive damages in the amount of $100,000.00 against Morton, $150,000.00 against Gladwell, and $20 million against GDC. The District Court reviewed the punitive damages verdicts, pursuant to both Montana statutory law and federal caselaw, and issued an order reducing the sanction against GDC to $9.9 million.