Legal Opinion
May Department Stores Company, Inc. v. Devercelli
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 14, 1973No. 6052PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment for $165,000 based on a verdict awarding ap-pellee’s decedent $25,000 compensatory damages and $50,000 punitive damages for *769false imprisonment; $40,000 compensatory and $40,000 punitive damages for assault and/or battery; and $10,000 for insulting words. The action arose out of the apprehension, detention, and interrogation of ap-pellee’s decedent1 by the employees of appellant for suspected “willful concealment” of merchandise.
Appellant primarily raises three contentions on appeal: (1) that the trial court should have ruled as a…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- United States v. MurdockSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Giant of Virginia, Inc. v. PiggSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- Shaw v. May Department Stores Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1970
- F.B.C. Stores, Inc. v. DuncanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1973
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- James K. Gilson v. The Republic of Ireland, Gaeltarra Eireann, an Instrumentality of the Republic of Ireland, Industrial Development Division, FurboCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Crowley v. North American Telecommunications Ass'nDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
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