K-Mart Corp. v. Sellars

387 So.2d 552 (1980)

K-MART CORPORATION, Appellant,

v.

Gregory Davidson SELLARS, Appellee.

No. TT-15.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

September 10, 1980.

Harold H. Catlin of Howell, Howell, Liles, Braddock & Milton, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Peter J. Fryefield of Allen, Margol, Fryefield & McCauglie and Roy Lewis, Jacksonville, for appellee.

McCORD, Judge.

Appellant was found liable for malicious prosecution and false arrest, the jury awarding $50,000 compensatory damages $150,000 punitive damages. On appeal, K-Mart raises two points: that the denial in the criminal trial of…