Carl M. Freeman Associates, Inc. v. Murray

Appellants, Carl M. Freeman Associates, Inc., 1 and Amprop, Inc., 2 appeal from a judgment of the Prince George’s County Circuit Court which awarded $15,000 in compensatory damages and $25,000 in punitive damages to the appellee, John J. Murray, in his suit for malicious prosecution brought against Freeman Associates, Amprop and Donald E. Green, an employee of Freeman Associates. The case was tried before a jury which rendered a verdict in appellee’s favor for $15,000 in compensatory damages and $3^,000 in punitive damages. Following appellants’ motion for a new trial or remittitur, the trial…