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JARDEL CO., INC. v. HUGHES

523 A.2d 518 (1987)

JARDEL CO., INC., and John A. Robbins Co., Inc., Defendants Below, Appellants, v. Kathleen HUGHES, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: March 23, 1987.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor F. Battaglia (argued), Wayne A. Marvel and Francis S. Babiarz of Biggs & Battaglia, Wilmington, for appellants.

Morton Richard Kimmel (argued), Michael Weiss and Edward B. Carter Jr. of Kimmel, Spiller & Weiss, P.A., Wilmington, for appellee.

Before CHRISTIE, C.J., MOORE and WALSH, JJ.

WALSH, Justice:

This is an appeal from a Superior Court jury verdict awarding $530,000 compensatory and $250,000 punitive damages to an employee of a tenant in a shopping mall who was abducted and raped while leaving her employment. The jury concluded that the plaintiff's injuries were attributable to the combined neglect of the owner of the mall, Jardel Co., Inc., and its parent corporation, John A. Robbins Co., in not providing...

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