Liu v. Sugarman

This is a civil action seeking both compensatory and punitive damages. The complaint contains three counts, the first based upon the invasion of the plaintiffs’ premises by the defendant, 1 the second based upon the disturbance of peaceful possession, and the third based upon assault committed by the defendant against Mrs. Liu. After a hearing before a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury, a judgment was entered for the plaintiffs for $140. The case is before this court on the plaintiffs’ appeal from that judgment.

Mr. Joseph T. C. Liu, one of the plaintiffs, had received a…