Vaughn v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Defendants Sears, Roebuck and Co., and J.C. Penney Co. appeal from judgments against them for actual and punitive damages in a false imprisonment case tried before a jury.

Plaintiff’s petition sought judgment against Sears, Penney and a Sears employee, O’Rando, for false imprisonment and assault and battery. The assault and battery claim was submitted only as to O’Ran-do. The jury returned a verdict in favor of O’Rando on both the assault and battery *32and false imprisonment submissions and against Sears and Penney on the false imprisonment submissions against them.

In May…