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LANSBURGH'S, INC. v. RUFFIN

No. 9225.

372 A.2d 561 (1977)

LANSBURGH'S, INC., Appellant, v. Sidney RUFFIN, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 18, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Lopata, Washington, D. C., with whom William D. Appler, Silver Spring, Md., Richard W. Boone, Washington, D. C., and Douglas S. Hoff, Chevy Chase, Md., were on the briefs, for appellant.

William R. Kearney, Rockville, Md., for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in a false imprisonment suit. After a jury trial, the plaintiff (appellee) was awarded a judgment of $38,000 of which $25,000 was for punitive damages. The issues on appeal are whether the trial court erred in (a) not granting motions for directed verdict and in declining to enter a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and (b) in submitting the issue of punitive damages to the jury. We...

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