Boyd v. Bevilacqua

Defendants 1 and cross-complainants 2 appeal from an adverse judgment awarding plaintiffs compensatory and punitive damages against defendants and denying cross-complainants the Bevilacquas all recovery on their cross-complaint. As to the complaint, the judgment was entered on a jury verdict awarding plaintiffs compensatory damages in the sum of $65,750 and punitive damages in the sum of $34,250, subsequently ordered reduced to $50,000 compensatory and $20,000 punitive damages, pursuant to a remission filed by plaintiffs as a condition for the denial of defendants’ motion for a new trial. 3…