Simmons v. Strickland

GRIFFIS, P. J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. Chrissy Strickland filed a complaint against Melissa Simmons and asserted claims for alienation of affection and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Chrissy and awarded $87,500 in compensatory damages and $500 in punitive damages. On appeal, Melissa argues that: (1) the jury’s verdict on liability is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence; (2) the trial judge erred when he excluded from evidence testimony that would have shown that Chriss/s relationship with Chuck Strickland had begun as an adulterous…