Perry v. Dayton Hudson Corp.

HAMILTON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Charles Perry (hereinafter Perry), appeals from the order sustaining Respondents’ motions for directed verdicts on his claim for punitive damages for false arrest and his claim for malicious prosecution. We affirm.

We review the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, giving him the benefit of all reasonable inferences therefrom. Beard v. St. Mary’s Health Center, 735 S.W.2d 27 (Mo.App.1987). Perry, a black man, entered the Hampton Village Target store at 5:30 or 6:00 p.m. on September 18, 1981. The store is owned by Respondent, Dayton Hudson…