Legal Opinion
Safeway Trails, Inc. v. Schmidt
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 6, 1967No. 3932, 3933PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Chief Judge.
Appellees, in separate actions consolidated for trial, sued appellant for damages for false arrests. After trial by jury, ap-pellee Schmidt was awarded $1 compensatory damages and $400 punitive damages, and appellee Lewis $5 compensatory damages and $400 punitive damages. These appeals question only the awards of punitive damages.
The admitted facts are that appellees, men over 65 years of age, were passengers on a Trailways bus from Washington to the Laurel, Maryland, race track; that after the races they entered a Trailways bus to return to Washington, each having purchased…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. BarrackCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
- Davis v. GordonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
- Dennis v. Baltimore Transit Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Gibson Ex Rel. GibsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
- Giddings v. ZellanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Washington v. May Department StoresDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Copeland v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Johnson v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthorityDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1991
- Prather v. HillDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1969
- Professional Answering Service, Inc. v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
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