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SHAFFER v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.

No. 51297.

734 S.W.2d 537 (1987)

Carlton B. SHAFFER, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied June 24, 1987.

Application to Transfer Denied September 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Schaaf, Guilfoil Petzall & Shoemake, St. Louis, for defendants-appellants.

Stephen M. Glassman, St. Louis, for plaintiff-respondent.

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendants Sears, Roebuck and Company (Sears) and Patricia Zoeller (Zoeller) appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in a malicious prosecution action in favor of plaintiff, Carleton B. Shaffer, in the amount of $20,000 compensatory damages against both defendants and $50,000 punitive damages against Sears only. Zoeller is a security guard employed by Sears. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Defendants instigated an...

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