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SAFEWAY TRAILS, INC. v. SCHMIDT

Nos. 3932, 3933.

225 A.2d 317 (1967)

SAFEWAY TRAILS, INC., Appellant, v. Herbert C. SCHMIDT, Appellee. SAFEWAY TRAILS, INC., Appellant, v. John G. LEWIS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 6, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty Southard Murphy, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Richard R. Paradise and William A. Paisley, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellant. Bradley G. McDonald, Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellant.

Glenn A. Mitchell, Washington, D. C., with whom Jacob A. Stein, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

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

HOOD, Chief Judge.

Appellees, in separate actions consolidated for trial, sued appellant for damages for false arrests. After trial by jury, appellee Schmidt was awarded $1 compensatory damages and $400 punitive damages, and appellee Lewis $5 compensatory damages and $400 punitive damages. These appeals question only the awards of punitive damages.

The admitted facts are that appellees, men over 65 years of age, were passengers on a Trailways bus from Washington...

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