Nelson v. Snoyenbos

In tbis action for damages caused by false imprisonment and assault and battery tbe trial court directed a verdict in favor of tbe infant plaintiff for compensatory damages and submitted tbe question of punitory damages to tbe jury. Tbe latter assessed against tbe defendant $1,000 compensatory damages and $110 punitory damages. In bis memorandum decision denying a motion for a new trial tbe learned circuit court stated with reference to tbe compensatory damages:

“Tbe amount is mucb larger than it seems to me should have been assessed, for I cannot' feel that tbe defect in plaintiff’s eyesight…