STEEN v. GASS

No. 5615.

454 P.2d 94 (1969)

Charles STEEN, Michael Reuben DeSalvo, Edward Blumstrom and Fred Hill Atcheson, Appellants, v. John P. GASS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

As Modified May 9, 1969.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vargas, Bartlett & Dixon, Cooke & Roberts, Breen & Young and Jerry Carr Whitehead, Goldwater, Taber, Hill & Mortimer, Reno, for appellants.

Bradley & Drendel, Reno, Lally, Martin & Chidlaw, Sacramento, Cal., Fry & Fry, Reno, for respondent.


OPINION

COLLINS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Second Judicial District Court, pursuant to a jury verdict awarding respondent (plaintiff below) compensatory damages against the four appellants (defendants below) in the sum of $500,000 and punitive damages against appellant De Salvo in the sum of $10,000 and against appellant Blumstrom in the sum of $5,000 as a result of an assault and battery committed on January 31, 1964. All of...

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