Commissary Concepts Management Corp. v. Mziguir

Falaki Mziguir filed a malicious prosecution action against Commissary Concepts Management Corporation (Commissary Concepts) and Generous George’s Positive Pizza, Inc. * The jury returned a verdict in favor of Mziguir awarding him $25,175 in compensatory damages and $25,000 in punitive damages. Commissary Concepts and Generous George’s Positive Pizza, Inc. filed this appeal, asserting that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support a finding of malicious prosecution and that the jury’s damage awards were excessive.

Since Mziguir obtained a jury verdict that the trial court approved, we…