Webb v. Murphy

BASKIN, Judge.

Gioconda Webb Morgan [Webb-Morgan] and Morgan International Realty, Inc. [Morgan Realty] appeal a final judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict awarding Daisy Murphy damages in a malicious prosecution action. The jury awarded Mur*1290phy $80,000 in compensatory damages against Webb-Morgan and Morgan Realty and $75,000 in punitive damages against Morgan Realty. We affirm.

Murphy, a real estate salesperson employed by Morgan Realty, filed an action for malicious prosecution in which she alleged that appellants instigated the filing of a criminal proceeding against her. In the…