Richard ODORIZZI, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
A. O. SMITH CORPORATION and Pinkerton's, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 19, 1971.
October 19, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph Cohn, Cohn, Korein, Kunin & Brennan, East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.
Roy W. Strawn, Hugh M. Talbert, Chapman, Strawn, Kinder, Talbert & Chapman, Granite City, Ill., for defendant-appellee Pinkerton's, Inc.
Leo H. Konzen, Lueders, Robertson & Konzen, Granite City, Ill., for defendant-appellee A. O. Smith Corp.
Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
PER CURIAM.
In this diversity action,1 plaintiff sued his employer, A. O. Smith Corp., and Pinkerton's, Inc. for defamation and false imprisonment. At the end of plaintiff's evidence, the trial judge sustained defendants' motion for a directed verdict on the defamation count. He allowed the false-imprisonment count to go to the jury, which returned a verdict for plaintiff against A. O. Smith ($5,000 actual and $20,000 punitive damages...
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