Legal Opinion
Stranahan v. Fred Meyer, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided April 22, 1998No. 9110-06504; CA A88372PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*444RIGGS, P. J.
Plaintiff Lois Stranahan brought this action for false arrest against defendant Fred Meyer, Inc. (Fred Meyer), and a jury returned a verdict in her favor for $125,000 in compensatory damages and $2 million punitive damages. After trial, the trial court reduced the punitive damage award from $2 million to $375,000. Both parties have appealed. We reverse on appeal and affirm on cross-appeal.
Before turning to the parties’ specific arguments, we must set forth the rather complicated factual and legal context surrounding this case. Because most of the assignments of error concern the…
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- Shockey v. City of PortlandOregon Supreme Court · 1992
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