Legal Opinion
Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Gibson Ex Rel. Gibson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 17, 1955No. 1668PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment for assault and battery and false imprisonment. Joseph Gibson, plaintiff below, alleged in his complaint that while in one of the stores of defendant Safeway, he was assaulted by one of its agents. He claimed $100 compensatory and $2,900 punitive damages. Based on a jury verdict, judgment was entered against defendant for $30 compensatory and $500 punitive damages.
The facts, as gathered from the record, are substantially as follows: On September 4, 1954, plaintiff, a young man fourteen years of age, accompanied his mother on a shopping…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. PrenticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Winn & Lovett Grocery Co. v. ArcherSupreme Court of Florida · 1936
- Wardman-Justice Motors, Inc. v. PetrieCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1930
- Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. PostomCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- McChristian v. PopkinCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1946
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Rieser v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. BarrackCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
- Estelle Jordan v. Lawrence MedleyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Safeway Stores, Inc. v. KellyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Sigal Construction Corp. v. StanburyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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