Legal Opinion
Sears Roebuck & Co. v. Gault
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 29, 1961No. 2787PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
After being tried and acquitted on charges of petit larceny and receiving stolen property, appellee Katherine L. Gault brought the present action for malicious prosecution against Sears Roebuck & Company, and a jury awarded her $7,500 compensatory damages and $5,000 punitive damages.*7961 Sears has appealed and asserts several claims of error. Its principal claim is that the trial court was in error in not directing a verdict in its favor at the close of the evidence. Appellee argues that this court cannot consider this claimed error because Sears failed to move for a…
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- Wolter v. Safeway Stores, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1945
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