Security Life Insurance v. Newsome

Jordan, Presiding Judge.

Appeal by the defendants in an assault and battery action from the judgment and from the denial of their motion for a new trial. The jury returned a verdict for $3,000.

1. Plaintiff was a salesman for defendant Security Life. Defendant Bell was its district manager. Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that on August 31, 1967, Bell, acting within the scope of his employment, suddenly and without provocation assaulted plaintiff and struck him a severe and crushing blow on the head. Bell testified that he had discovered several fraudulent claims submitted by plaintiff and had…