Jacks v. Cloughley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an action for assault and battery brought by the plaintiff against the defendants, members of the Wyandotte township volunteer fire department, seeking actual damages in the amount of $100,000 and punitive damages in the amount of $100,000 as the result of an alleged assault occurring while the defendants were putting out a fire on the plaintiff's property.

The case was tried to a jury which returned a verdict against four of the named defendants (appellants), assessing damages against each of them in the sum of $2,500 actual…