Bausback v. K Mart Corp.

PRESIDING JUSTICE UNVERZAGT

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, K mart Corporation, appeals from judgments entered on jury verdicts against it and in favor of plaintiff, Nellie Baus-back, for $10,000 in compensatory damages and $40,000 in punitive damages upon her complaint charging it with battery, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and wilful and wanton misconduct. The jury found in favor of the individual defendants, who were all K mart employees at the Mundelein store, and against plaintiff Nellie Bausback on her complaint against Billy Williams,…