REILLY v. SHEPHERD

Record No. 060966.

643 S.E.2d 216 (2007)

K.C. REILLY v. Joshua B. SHEPHERD.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark D. Stiles, Deputy City Attorney (Leslie L. Lilley, City Attorney; Andrew B. Pittman, Associate City Attorney, on briefs), for appellant.

Moody E. Stallings, Jr. (Melinda F. Seemar; Cara L. Griffith; Stallings & Bischoff, on brief), Virginia Beach, for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KOONTZ, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and RUSSELL, S.J.


OPINION BY Senior Justice CHARLES S. RUSSELL.

This appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support a verdict awarding damages for malicious prosecution.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

The essential facts are undisputed. Shortly before 4:00 a.m. on August 2, 2003, Joseph B. Brannon, the driver of a taxicab in Virginia Beach, was struck on the back of the head with a hard object and robbed of cash by a passenger who said he had a gun. The robber...

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