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Philomena Badami v. Terry Flood, 214 F.3d 994 (2000)

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Philomena Badami v. Terry Flood, 214 F.3d 994 (2000)
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Philomena Badami v. Terry Flood, 214 F.3d 994 (2000)
Effective Date
2000-06-05

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We find this evidence sufficient to justify the submission of a punitive damages
instruction to the jury. We are not prepared to characterize the defendants' conduct in
this case as egregious per se. However, a reasonable jury could find the defendants
acted with malice or reckless indifference that their actions might violate a federal
statute of which they were aware. See Kolstad, 119 S. Ct. at 2124-25; Tyus v. Urban