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RIGGS NATIONAL BANK v. PRICE

No. 9669.

359 A.2d 25 (1976)

RIGGS NATIONAL BANK and Michael Finnegan, Appellants, v. Barbara PRICE, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 16, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Mahoney, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Edward J. Mullaney, Washington, D. C., with whom Paul D. Murphy, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY and FICKLING, Associate Judges, and HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired.

PER CURIAM:

Appellee Price sued appellant Riggs National Bank and appellant Finnegan, the bank's employee, for false imprisonment and for slander. A jury found in her favor on both counts. For false imprisonment she was awarded $2,000 compensatory damages against both defendants, plus $5,000 punitive damages against the bank and $500 punitive damages against the employee. For the slander the jury awarded $2,500 compensatory damages against both defendants and an additional...

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