Legal Opinion
Lee v. Lee
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided May 23, 1986PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SANDERS, Judge.
The Defendant has appealed from a jury verdict awarding both compensatory and punitive damages to the Plaintiff in a suit for assault and battery.
The Plaintiff-Appellee, Elisha Lee, and the Defendant-Appellant, Luke R. Lee, are brothers. However, ill feelings had developed some time prior to the altercation here at issue. The events leading up to the altercation are not material to the issues before us but as a result of it Elisha was severely beaten by Luke with a l-by-3inch board.
Elisha filed suit against Luke for assault and battery, seeking both compensatory and…
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