BARKDULL, Judge.
Appellants were plaintiffs in the trial court and recovered $5,000.00 compensatory damages and $10,000.00 punitive damages in a false imprisonment suit.
Upon a motion for new trial, the trial judge ordered a new trial unless the plaintiffs remitted $7,500.00 of the punitive damages award. The plaintiffs refused to remit, and this appeal ensued. The appellants contend the trial court erred in ordering a remittitur. Appellees cross-assign error...
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