HRUSKA v. SEVERANCE SPECIALTY, INC.

No. 73-1884.

498 F.2d 796 (1974)

Judy HRUSKA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEVERANCE SPECIALTY, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 18, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Stern, Stern & Keller, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief for appellant.

Norman W. Shibley, Spangenberg, Shibley, Traci & Lancione, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief for appellee.

Before WEICK and LIVELY, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

Severance Specialty, Inc. [Severance] appealed from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in the District Court awarding $40,000 to plaintiff, Judy Hruska, in her action for malicious prosecution.

Severance was responsible for having the plaintiff prosecuted for shoplifting. After her acquittal of charges of larceny in the state court, she filed suit against Severance in the District Court to...

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