Legal Opinion
WASHINGTON GARAGE COMPANY v. Klare
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 1968No. 4232, 4233PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge.
In these appeals from judgments for each appellee of both compensatory and punitive damages, appellant Washington Garage Company, Inc., challenges the award of punitive damages and appellant Burns challenges the award of both. Our reversal of the judgments for punitive damages only requires a detailed recital of the facts.
On December 23, 1965, appellee Herman H. Klare, Jr., co-plaintiff below with his wife, deposited a blue 1963 Volkswagen sedan titled in his wife’s name with agents of appellant Washington Garage Company, Inc., for parking on their lot. After…
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