LALA v. PEOPLES BANK & TRUST CO.

No. 86-1224.

420 N.W.2d 804 (1988)

Leo A. LALA, Jr., Appellant, v. PEOPLES BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, and Lawrence McGrath, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith E. Uhl of Scalise, Scism, Sandre & Uhl, Des Moines, for appellant.

James Pickens of Pickens, Barnes & Abernathy, Cedar Rapids, for appellees.

Considered by SCHULTZ, P.J., and LAVORATO, NEUMAN, SNELL, and ANDREASEN, JJ.


ANDREASEN, Justice.

Both parties appeal from the judgments of the district court following a jury trial upon plaintiff's claims that the defendants had negligently allowed his stamp collection to be removed from a safety deposit box in defendant's bank. The jury awarded the plaintiff both compensatory and punitive damages. The defendants' motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict was denied as to the compensatory damage award but was granted as to the punitive...

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