Wolf Ex Rel. Wolf v. Nordstrom, Inc.

*830CAMPBELL, J.

Plaintiff, a young boy, brought this action through his guardian ad litem for false imprisonment and battery in connection with his detention by defendant’s employee as a shoplifting suspect. The trial court granted a directed verdict against defendant on the defense of probable cause to detain and set aside the jury’s award of punitive carnages on the false imprisonment claim.1 Plaintiff appealed the court’s action in setting aside the jury verdict for punitive damages. Defendant cross-appealed alleging error in the jury instruction on punitive damages, in the directed verdict…