CATES v. EDDY

No. 83-9.

669 P.2d 912 (1983)

Earl C. CATES, Sr., Appellant (Defendant), v. Bruce N. EDDY, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter C. Urbigkit, Jr. (argued) and Carole Shotwell of Urbigkit & Whitehead, P.C., Cheyenne, for appellant.

Dallas J. Laird, Casper, for appellee.

Before ROONEY, C.J., and THOMAS, ROSE, BROWN and CARDINE, JJ.


CARDINE, Justice.

This was a malicious prosecution action resulting from the arrest of plaintiff, Bruce Eddy (appellee), upon a criminal complaint and warrant issued because of alleged conduct of defendant, Earl Cates (appellant). Appeal is from the judgment in that action awarding both compensatory and punitive damages.

We affirm the reduced judgment if remittitur is accepted; or, if it is not, we remand for a new trial on the issue of damages.

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