VAUGHN v. SEARS ROEBUCK & CO.

Nos. 44181, 44182.

643 S.W.2d 30 (1982)

Deborah VAUGHN, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO., Defendant-Appellant, and J.C. Penney Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, and John O'Rando, Defendant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1982.

Application to Transfer Denied January 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Monson, Michael A. Shaughnessy, Jr., St. Louis, for defendant-appellant.

John D. Flynn, St. Louis, Gail Gaus, Clayton, for plaintiff-respondent.


SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Defendants Sears, Roebuck and Co., and J.C. Penney Co. appeal from judgments against them for actual and punitive damages in a false imprisonment case tried before a jury.

Plaintiff's petition sought judgment against Sears, Penney and a Sears employee, O'Rando, for false imprisonment and assault and battery. The assault and battery claim was submitted only as to O'Rando. The jury returned a verdict in favor of O'Rando on both the assault...

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