083630P.pdf   03/16/2010  Jaymie Quigley  v.  Dale Winter
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-3630
                          and No:  08-3752
   U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author, with Hansen and Gruender, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - civil rights. A claim for hostile housing environment
   created by sexual harassment is actionable by the tenant under the Fair
   Housing Act; there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict
   that defendant subjected plaintiff to unwelcome sexual harassment and
   that the harassment was so pervasive or severe as to interfere with or
   deprive her of her right to use or enjoy her home; jury verdict for plaintiff
   on her quid pro quo sexual harassment claim affirmed; evidence was
   sufficient to support jury's verdict that plaintiff was subjected to
   coercion, intimidation and interference with her housing rights;
   instructions on discriminatory housing practices claim were not
   erroneous; challenges to evidentiary rulings rejected; district court did not
   err in submitting punitive damages issue to the jury as defendant admitted
   he knew sexual harassment was unlawful, that he was an experienced
   landlord and that he knew the lease agreement forbade discrimination
   based on sex; $250,000 punitive damage was excessive, but the district
   court erred in reducing it to $20,527; the court finds an appropriate award
   is $54,750, which is four times the compensatory damage award;
   attorneys' fees award reduced to $78,044. Judge Gruender, concurring in
   part and dissenting in part.