Superior Court of Rhode Island January 7, 2003, C.A. No. PC 1999-2423 (Castellucci v. Battista, 99-2423 (2003))

DECISION This matter came before the trial justice on a motion for a new trial subsequent to a jury having found defendant to have committed several violent tortuous acts against plaintiff. A jury awarded $175,000 in compensatory damages and $325,000 in punitive damages.