Legal Opinion
Sarkisian v. NewPaper, Inc.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 3, 1986No. 83-591-AppealPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY, Justice.
This case involves an appeal by Stephen G. Sarkisian (Sarkisian) and Karen Sue Schmalzbach (Schmalzbach), the plaintiffs, arising out of a civil action for, inter alia, fraud and conversion that they commenced against the NewPaper, Inc. (NewPaper), and Tyler B. Davis, Jr. (Davis), the defendants. Initially, the jury returned a verdict in the plaintiffs’ favor, including an award of punitive damages in the amount of $18,-333 for each plaintiff on the fraud count. Subsequently, however, the trial judge determined in ruling on the defendants’ motion for a new trial that…
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