Brainard v. Poole

Defendants, operators of a collection agency, have appealed a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict awarding plaintiff compensatory and punitive damages in a tort action for invasion of privacy.

The single question presented by appellants for review is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the jury’s verdict for punitive damages, there being an apparent concession as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the compensatory damages award.

In our review of the record in this cause, we have given due consideration to the principle that a judgment of the trial court reaches the…