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PARKHURST v. BELT

No. 08-2668.

567 F.3d 995 (2009)

Ross PARKHURST, individually and as guardian and next friend of H.P.; Amy Parkhurst, individually and as guardian and next friend of H.P.; H.P., a minor child under the age of eighteen, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Chad BELT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: June 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Ford (argued), Fort Smith, AR, for appellant.

William Walker O'Connor, argued, Adrienne L. Barnett, on the brief, Tulsa, OK, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Ross and Amy Parkhurst, the adoptive father and biological mother of H.P., a minor child, asserted claims as next friend against Chad Belt, H.P.'s biological father, for outrage and battery based on Belt's alleged sexual abuse of H.P. After a jury trial, judgment was entered in favor of the Parkhursts for $250,000 in compensatory damages and $750,000 in punitive damages.1 Belt appeals, arguing that there was insufficient...

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