PALERMO v. COTTOM

No. 35545.

525 S.W.2d 758 (1975)

Louis PALERMO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Mel COTTOM et al., Defendants, Lawrence Perry and Roger Links, Defendants-Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer Denied June 26, 1975.

Application to Transfer Denied September 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Sluggett, III, Clayton, for defendants-appellants.

Shaw & Howlett, Joseph Howlett, Terry Flanagan, Clayton, for plaintiff-respondent.


RENDLEN, Judge.

Defendants Perry and Links appeal from judgment in a malicious prosecution action awarding $1,000 actual damages against defendants jointly and punitive damages of $2,000 against Perry and $100 against Links.

Defendants contend the court erred: (1) in refusing to direct a defendants' verdict on plaintiff's failure to make a submissible case; (2) in failing to declare a mistrial following plaintiff's injection of prejudicial, non-responsive...

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