NORTHERN TELECOM, INC. v. WILKERSON

No. A95A1748.

466 S.E.2d 221 (1995)

219 Ga. App. 710

NORTHERN TELECOM, INC. v. WILKERSON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 20, 1995.

Certiorari Denied April 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long, Aldridge & Norman, Phillip A. Bradley, Harold N. Hill, Jr., R. Daniel Beale, Atlanta, for appellant.

Smith, Howard & Ajax, Bruce H. Beerman, Thomas & McDonald, Diana Y. McDonald-Burks, Atlanta, Walter H. Hotz, Tucker, for appellee.


ANDREWS, Judge.

We granted Northern Telecom's petition for interlocutory appeal to determine whether the trial court erred in denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We hold that it did and reverse.

Harold Wilkerson sued his employer Northern Telecom for malicious arrest. The case was tried to a jury, which awarded Wilkerson general damages of $80,000; special damages of $223,000; and punitive damages of $3,000,000. Northern Telecom filed...

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