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WOODARD v. CITY STORES COMPANY

No. 8195.

334 A.2d 189 (1975)

Emma WOODARD, as next friend of Maurice Woodard, Appellant, v. CITY STORES COMPANY t/a Lansburgh's, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen M. Hutter, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William D. Appler, Washington, D. C., with whom Lawrence E. Carr, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant, through his mother as next friend, sued the corporate parent of a local department store for false imprisonment and assault and battery, complaining of injuries sustained when he was arrested and beaten by a store detective April 19, 1971.1 Although compensatory and punitive damages were requested for each tort, the trial court refused to submit the issue of punitive damages to the jury. A verdict of...

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