McCORD, Judge.
Appellant was found liable for malicious prosecution and false arrest, the jury awarding $50,000 compensatory damages $150,000 punitive damages. On appeal, K-Mart raises two points: that the denial in the criminal trial of Sellars' motions for judgment of acquittal constituted findings of probable cause barring the malicious prosecution action, and that the facts did not justify punitive damages for the false arrest.
In May 1978, the assistant...
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