Parker v. Color Tile Supermart, Inc.

CRIST, Judge.

A jury awarded plaintiff Andrew Parker $25,000 actual damages and $150,000 punitive damages on his claim that defendant Color Tile Supermart, Inc., maliciously prosecuted him under the City of St. Ann, Missouri, bad check ordinance. However, the trial judge concluded plaintiff had failed to make a submissible case and set the verdict aside, sustaining defendant’s motion for judgment in accordance with its motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence. The trial judge further ordered that in the event of a reversal on appeal, plaintiff must agree to remit most of…