LePore v. Gulf Oil Corp.

Clapp, Jr., J.,

by special assignment, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal had its inception in a suit for wanton, malicious assault and battery brought by the appellant, the plaintiff below, against the appellee, Gulf Oil Corporation, and Lester K. Walters, Jr., its servant and employee, alleged to have been acting in the course of his employment. At the conclusion of all of the testimony, the trial court directed a verdict in favor of the appellee, Gulf Oil Corporation, because there was no evidence in the case legally sufficient to form the basis for a jury finding that the…