Lindsey v. Watts

Frank Holt, Justice.

This appeal results from the jury’s finding, based upon interrogatories, that the appellants committed or aided and abetted in an unjustifiable assault and battery upon appellees Mike and Charles Watts. Mike was awarded $5,000 compensatory damages and $5,000 punitive damages and Charles $55,000 compensatory damages and $5,000 punitive damages.

Appellants first contend there is no substantial evidence to support the jury’s verdict and, therefore, the court should have granted appellants’s motion for a directed verdict upon appellees’ counterclaim. A directed verdict is…