LEVINE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
This appeal is from separate judgments, entered below against appellant in one case, in the total sum of $15,000, on verdicts returned by a jury for damages arising from claims of false arrest, assault and battery, and slander. For each of the foregoing wrongs, appellee was awarded $500.00 in compensatory damages and $4,500 in punitive damages.
This embroilment originated on the evening of September 2, 1970,...
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