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GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. PISKOR

No. 397, September Term, 1974.

27 Md. App. 95 (1975)

340 A.2d 767

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION v. ROY J. PISKOR.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Argued on December 2, 1974.

Reargued on April 8, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued and reargued by Francis B. Burch, Jr., with whom were Joseph G. Finnerty, Jr., and Edward S. Digges, Jr., on the brief, for appellant.

Argued and reargued by Leo A. Hughes, Jr., with whom were Ronald L. Lapides, Robert W. Fox and Steen, Hughes & Seigel on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued and reargued before ORTH, C.J., and MORTON and THOMPSON, JJ.

ORTH, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

On 30 April 1974 a jury in the Superior Court of Baltimore City decided that General Motors Corporation had violated the personal security of Roy J. Piskor by the commission of three tortious acts. It found that General Motors had slandered Piskor, had assaulted him, and had falsely imprisoned him. It awarded Piskor compensatory damages of $1000 for the slander, $300 for the assault, and $200 for the false imprisonment...

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