Keenoy v. Sears

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendants appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff on claims for false arrest and malicious prosecution. Judgment was entered against both defendants in the amount of $5,000 actual and $10,000 punitive damages on the false arrest count and $10,000 actual and $50,000 punitive damages on the malicious prosecution count. We affirm.

*667Plaintiff James Keenoy went to defendant Sears, Roebuck’s Crestwood Plaza department store in St. Louis County one night in April 1978. He was accompanied by his then fiance, Cindy Gonzales. Cindy and Keenoy separated shortly after entering the…