Flippo v. Hayes

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendant on defendant’s counterclaim for malicious prosecution. We award plaintiff a new trial on the issue of punitive damages.

In May of 1985, plaintiff and defendant entered into a lease agreement whereby defendant rented a portion of plaintiff’s lake home for $500 per month. When defendant, who had lost his job as a truck driver, began to have financial difficulties, plaintiff offered him a job in his Virginia business. Plaintiff agreed to allow defendant to store his pickup truck in plaintiff’s storage building located near…