LIMITED STORES, INC. v. WILSON-ROBINSON

No. 93-1349.

876 S.W.2d 248 (1994)

317 Ark. 80

The LIMITED STORES, INC., Appellant, v. Perrylyn WILSON-ROBINSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alston Jennings, Jr., Little Rock, for appellant.

J. Sky Tapp, Hot Springs, for appellee.


HAYS, Justice.

The Limited Stores, Inc. (Stores) appeals from a judgment awarding damages to Ms. Perrylyn Wilson-Robinson for false imprisonment. The jury awarded $6,850 in compensatory damages and $23,650 in punitive damages. Stores contends the trial court erred in denying motions for a directed verdict and in submitting the issue of punitive damages to the jury. We agree with those contentions and, accordingly, we reverse and dismiss.

Ms. Wilson-Robinson...

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