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DERBY v. JENKINS

No. 1018, September Term, 1975.

32 Md. App. 386 (1976)

363 A.2d 967

RICHARD DERBY A/K/A RICHARD T. DERBY, JR. v. FRANK P. JENKINS ET UX.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyman Ginsberg and Donald E. Johnson, with whom were Ginsberg & Ginsberg on the brief, for appellant.

L. Clark Ewing and H. Michael Hickson, with whom was Richard D. Harrington on the brief, for appellees.

The cause was argued before MOORE, LOWE and MASON, JJ.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this malicious prosecution action the appellees, Frank P. Jenkins and Mary Louise Jenkins, a retired couple, recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County for compensatory damages of $30,000 and punitive damages of $20,000 against appellant, Richard T. Derby, Jr., a cousin of Mrs. Jenkins. The civil case was the outgrowth of the arrest, trial and acquittal of Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins upon a charge of...

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