Collazo v. John W. Campbell Farms, Inc.

DAWKINS, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a directed ver-diet for the defendant.

Appellant, a citizen of Puerto Rico, charged that defendant corporation, through its employees, or agents, acting within the scope of their employment had him falsely arrested and violently beaten without provocation, willfully and maliciously, thereby causing him great humiliation, loss of time in his employment, pain and anguish, for which he demanded the sum of $75,000 as damages.

Respondent’s answer was a general denial, and, in the same pleading, it moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds (1) that…