Adkins v. Kelley

J. Feed Jones, Justice.

B. A. Adkins filed suit in the White County Circuit Court against 'Sam Kelley, doing business as Kelley’s Grill. The suit was for $25,-000.00 compensatory and $25,000.00 punitive damages for personal injuries alleged by Adkins as a result of injuries he sustained in an altercation with Kelley’s employees in the kitchen of .Kelley’s Grill. A jury trial resulted in. a verdict upon which judgment was entered in favor of Adkins for $300.00 compensatory damage and nothing for punitive damage, and Adkins has appealed. The only question presented to us is whether the trial…