Proffitt v. Ricci

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on the defendant’s appeal from a judgment entered in the Superior Court pursuant to an action for assault and battery. The trial justice, sitting without a jury, awarded the plaintiff $2,000 plus interest and costs in compensatory damages. We find that the trial justice committed no reversible error; accordingly, we affirm.

The facts in this case may be briefly summarized. The plaintiff, George H. Proffitt (Proffitt), was a special agent with the Naval Investigative Service, Office of Naval Intelligence at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station…