022857P.pdf   09/03/2003  Richard M. Jones  v.  Todd V. Swanson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  02-2857
   District of South Dakota   
   Civil case - Alienation of affection. Evidence was sufficient to 
   prove defendant's liability for the tort of alienation of affection; 
   jury was correctly instructed on the elements of alienation of 
   affection and proximate cause; district court did not abuse its 
   discretion in excluding evidence of plaintiff's extra-marital 
   affair which occurred after he filed for divorce but before the 
   divorce was finalized; compensatory damage award was out 
   of line with the evidence and other South Dakota verdicts, and 
   the court orders a remittitur from $450,000 to $150,000; while 
   an award of punitive damages was supported by the evidence, 
   an award of $500,000 was not justified, and the court orders 
   a remittitur to $250,000.