Yokley v. Henry-Clark Associates

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lawrence Knipel, J.

Defendants move to set aside the $3,875,800 verdict rendered in this action brought for wrongful eviction and infliction of severe emotional distress.

This case involves the remnant of a once grand hotel which in recent years has fallen on hard times. From its heyday some 40 years ago, when the hotel consisted of 11 buildings containing approximately 2,000 units, the St. George has shrunk to only 3 buildings with less than 700 single-room occupancy apartments. After a lengthy trial the jury credited plaintiff’s evidence that the defendants intentionally…