Legal Opinion
Exxon Corp. v. Kelly
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 9, 1978No. [No. 55, September Term, 1977.]PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDigges, J.
This malicious prosecution suit was generated by an application for an arrest warrant executed and sworn to by Brady Moore, a superintendent for appellant Exxon Corporation, charging Stuart F. Kelly, the appellee here and at the time an Exxon mechanic, with stealing fifteen gallons of the company’s gasoline from its Dundalk garage. Trial of this tort action in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County resulted in a jury verdict awarding Kelly $1,000 in compensatory and $40,000 in punitive damages, and this appeal followed. We are asked to resolve several issues which are endemic to suits for…
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