Legal Opinion
Parkhurst v. Belt
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 9, 2009No. 08-2668PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Ross and Amy Parkhurst, the adoptive father and biological mother of H.P., a minor child, asserted claims as next friend against Chad Belt, H.P.’s biological father, for outrage and battery based on Belt’s alleged sexual abuse of H.P. After a jury trial, judgment was entered in favor of the Parkhursts for $250,000 in compensatory damages and $750,000 in punitive damages. 1 Belt appeals, arguing that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the judgment and that the district court erred in permitting H.P. to testify by closed circuit television. We affirm.
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