Geiger v. Hallmark

STOULIG, Judge.

Plaintiff, Shirley Geiger, has appealed a judgment dismissing her damage suit based on two brutal beatings by defendant Gar-nett C. Hallmark.1 We reverse that part of the judgment dismissing her suit against Hallmark.

On October 16, 1973, Hallmark kicked, pushed and punched plaintiff leaving her with a broken arm, two fractured ribs, internal injuries that required exploratory surgery, facial bruises and discoloration, and contusions on her body. As a result she was hospitalized for 11 days. On July 9, 1974, Hallmark once again battered plaintiff with the usual multiple blows to…