Legal Opinion
Davis v. Christian
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided April 15, 2005No. D.C. Civ. App. No. 2001/095PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*560MEMORANDUM OPINION
(April 15, 2005)
Following trial, a jury found appellant liable for an assault and battery against the appellee and awarded damages totaling $25,000: $15,000 for compensatory harm and $10,000 for exemplary damages. Davis now challenges the trial court’s denial of his post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law, new trial or, in the alternative, for remittitur of the jury’s damage award. He presents the following issues for review:
1) Whether the trial court erred in permitting the jury to consider punitive damages, in the absence of evidence at trial regarding the…
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