Zarrella v. Robinson

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is a civil action brought by the plaintiff, Gerald Zarrella, against Sidney Robinson for alienation of affections and criminal conversation. After a trial in Superior Court, a jury returned a verdict for the defendant on the first count, alienation of affections, and for the plaintiff on the second count, criminal conversation. The jury awarded the plaintiff $5,000 compensatory damages and $75,000 punitive damages. Thereafter, on the defendant’s motion for a new trial or alternatively, a re-mittitur, the trial justice ordered a remitti-tur in the amount of $75,000…