Flippo v. Hayes

389 S.E.2d 613 (1990)

98 N.C. App. 115

William F. FLIPPO, (Successor in Interest to L.M.F., Inc.), Plaintiff,

v.

Richard Jones HAYES, Jr., Defendant.

No. 8925SC339.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 3, 1990.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice by Richard T. Rice and Clayton M. Custer, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff appellant.

Thomas N. Hannah, Hickory, for defendant appellee.

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendant on defendant's counterclaim for malicious prosecution. We award plaintiff a new trial on the issue of punitive damages.

In May of 1985, plaintiff and…