ORSO v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU

No. 5428.

534 P.2d 489 (1975)

John Freeman ORSO, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross Appellant, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Cross Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

April 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Marsland, Jr., Deputy Corp. Counsel, Honolulu, for defendant-appellant, cross appellee.

David C. Schutter, Honolulu (Steven H. Levinson, Honolulu, with him on the briefs), for plaintiff-appellee, cross appellant.

Before RICHARDSON, C. J., KOBAYASHI, OGATA and MENOR, JJ., and KATO, Circuit Judge, assigned by reason of vacancy.


KOBAYASHI, Justice.

This is an appeal by defendant (appellant).

In an action for damages for defamation of character, false arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution instituted by the plaintiff (appellee), the trial court, after trial by jury, gave judgment in favor of the appellee and against the appellant for compensatory damages but denied punitive damages. We affirm.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On or about October 21, 1970, one Francis...

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