Anderson v. Covert

This petition for certiorari presents a case in which plaintiff Robert E. Covert recovered a judgment of $500 for compensatory, and $250 punitive damages, against defendant Newell N. Anderson, after a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, for an assault and battery committed on plaintiff by one Jack Miller, an employee of defendant Anderson. Our review of the facts is foreclosed by the concurrent approval of the judgment by the Circuit Judge and the Court of Appeals.

The petition for certiorari was not filed within the 45 days after the judgment of the Court of Appeals became…