Johnston v. Flatley Realty Investors

In this malicious prosecution action, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and the Trial Court (Contas, J.) ordered a remittitur. The defendant appeals and the plaintiff cross-appeals. We affirm.

The plaintiff was a tenant in the defendant’s Royal Crest apartment complex in Nashua during 1974, when he was evicted by court order for non-payment of rent. Following this eviction, the plaintiff returned to the apartment complex on several occasions to visit fellow tenants and to use the clubhouse. According to some testimony, Joseph Regan, the defendant’s security officer, informed the…