FOWLER v. SAFEWAY STORES, INCORPORATED

No. 2464.

156 A.2d 682 (1959)

Marie FOWLER and Clarence Reed, Appellants, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INCORPORATED, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided December 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King David, Washington, D. C., with whom Julius W. Robertson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Samuel J. L'Hommedieu, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Arthur B. Hanson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

This action, which was originally filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, started out with four plaintiffs, Marie Fowler, her husband William, Clarence Reed, and Clarice Price, and with two defendants, Safeway Stores Inc. and Chauncey T. James. For alleged false arrests, assault and battery, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment and slander, Mr. and Mrs. Fowler sought compensatory damages of $250,000 and punitive...

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