Consolidated Sales Company v. Malone

PALMORE, Justice.

Consolidated Sales Company appeals from a judgment awarding the appellee, Robbie Kimbrough Malone, $1,000 in compensatory damages and $2500 in punitive damages for false imprisonment allegedly committed against her by its employes.

The instructions directed a verdict for the plaintiff on the issue of liability for compensatory damages and authorized punitive damages if the jury should find from the evidence that the “action and attitude” of Consolidated’s employes “indicated a wanton and wilful disregard of the right of others, including the plaintiff,” etc.

Consolidated…