Ford v. Thomas

HOLMES, Judge.

The plaintiff, Walter Thomas, brought suit against the defendants, Dee Ford, James Jurkoski, and Alan Downey, for assault and battery and malicious prosecution. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff Thomas.

*1218Defendants appeal, complaining of certain evidentiary rulings of the trial court. We affirm.

We do not deem it necessary or prudent to set out in detail the facts. Viewing the record with the attendant presumptions of correctness, we find the following:

Plaintiff Thomas, a member of the U.S. Air Force, went with his brother to Dee Ford’s Lounge in Anniston, Alabama,…