First Commercial Bank, N.A. v. Kremer

David Newbern, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment, based on a jury verdict, holding the appellant liable in a malicious prosecution case. The appellant contends first that the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict. Second, the appellant claims the court erroneously refused to instruct the jury that if in this action the jury found the appellee to have been guilty of the criminal offense with which she was previously charged because of the appellant’s allegations, it should find for the appellant. The third point is that the punitive damages awarded are so large as to shock the…