Legal Opinion
Limited Stores, Inc. v. Wilson-Robinson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided May 16, 1994No. 93-1349PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
The Limited Stores, Inc. (Stores) appeals from a judgment awarding damages to Ms. Perrylyn Wilson-Robinson for false imprisonment. The jury awarded $6,850 in compensatory damages and $23,650 in punitive damages. Stores contends the trial court erred in denying motions for a directed verdict and in submitting the issue of punitive damages to the jury. We agree with those contentions and, accordingly, we reverse and dismiss.
Ms. Wilson-Robinson testified that she was shopping in The Limited Stores in North Little Rock. As she left the store the alarm on the sensormatic…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Rathbun v. WardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1993
- Headrick v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1987
- Grayson Variety Store, Inc. v. ShafferCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
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