SCARBOROUGH v. DILLARD'S, INC.

No. 112A08.

693 S.E.2d 640 (2009)

Bernard SCARBOROUGH v. DILLARD'S, INC., formerly Dillard Department Stores, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

December 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Q. Burgess for plaintiff-appellee.

Poyner & Spruill LLP, by David W. Long, John W. O'Hale, Raleigh, and Douglas Martin, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.


PARKER, Chief Justice.

The issue before the Court on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting defendant judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to punitive damages. For the reasons stated herein, we conclude that the trial court did not err, and the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.

This case arises out of an action for malicious prosecution instituted by plaintiff Bernard Scarborough as the result of his having been indicted, tried...

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