Montgomery Ward Stores v. Wilson

ALPERT, Judge.

Having been found liable for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment, appellants, Montgomery Ward Stores and Jeffrey Bresnahan, appeal from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County on a jury verdict in favor of appellee, Frances Wilson, in the amount of $15,000 in compensatory damages and $45,000 in punitive damages. Appellants raise the following issues on appeal:

I. The circuit court erred in failing to grant appellant’s motion for judgment.

II. The trial court erroneously instructed the jury and erroneously permitted the jury to consider the issue…