Berberian v. Mitchell

Pursuant to our opinion in Berberian v. Mitchell, 113 R. I. 438, 321 A.2d 431 (1974), the parties have now briefed the question of whether there should be added to the nominal damages to which the plaintiff is entitled in this false arrest case the $300 he expended, following his release from restraint, for legal fees in defending the criminal action stemming from his unlawful arrest.

In those briefs neither party disputes that damages in tort customarily include the natural and probable consequences of the wrong committed, Main Realty Co. v. Blackstone Valley Gas & Elec. Co., 59 R. I. 29, 50,…