Gerald G. Reicheneder v. Skaggs Drug Center

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict rendered for the plaintiff-appellee in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The action was grounded on three theories of recovery (1) slander, (2) false imprisonment and (3) malicious prosecution, and the court granted judgment on the findings of the jury on the basis of malicious prosecution and/or false imprisonment for damages in the amount of $10,000.00 and slander for damages in the amount of $15,000.00.

Gerald Reicheneder, plaintiff-appellee, was in Skaggs Drug Center, appellant store,…