Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Friendship Body & Radiator Works, Inc.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided November 16, 1973No. 1854-AppealPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKelleher, J.
This is a civil action in which the plaintiff seeks damages for the conversion of his automobile. The matter was tried to a justice of the Superior Court sitting with a jury, and thereafter a verdict was returned for the plaintiff in the sum of $2,800 which represented $1,300 as the fair market value of the automobile and $1,500 as punitive damages. Subsequently, the defendants’ motion for a new trial was denied, and they are now in this court prosecuting this appeal. Hereafter, we shall refer to the plaintiff as “Anderson,” the corporate defendant as “Friendship,” and the individual…
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