Smith v. Fields Chevrolet Co.

This is an action for damages for loss of consortium. The plaintiff alleged that the defendant corporation, by one of its salesmen, assaulted and battered her husband without provocation while ejecting him from the corporate defendant’s premises. Defendants appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff.

The corporate defendant is in the business of selling new and used automobiles. The individual defendant is an employe of the corporation. The plaintiff’s husband had recently purchased an automobile from the defendants. Being dissatisfied with the car’s performance, the husband stopped by the…