Sherrod v. Piedmont Aviation, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NEESE, District Judge.

This lawsuit is a continuation in a different context of the basic issues decided by a jury in no. CIV-2-77-179, this district, which is now pending on appeal. The plaintiff Howell H. Sherrod, Esq., a member of the bar of this Court, claims additional damages from the defendant Piedmont Aviation, Inc. (Piedmont) for abuse of process, false arrest, malicious prosecution, outrageous conduct and gross negligence. He claims malice toward him on the part of Piedmont’s personnel and representatives. Trial was to the Court on October 28-29, 1980.

Piedmont is a…