Richardson v. Fred Meyer, Inc.

Plaintiff brought a civil action for false arrest against defendants, and the jury returned a verdict in his favor for compensatory damages. 1 Plaintiff appeals and assigns error to the denial of his pretrial motions to add a claim for punitive damages. Defendant responds that plaintiffs assignment of error is not subject to meaningful review because there is no record of the parties’ arguments regarding the motions. Alternatively, defendant argues that the trial court properly exercised its discretion in denying the motions. We affirm.

We state the facts in the light most favorable to…