Lee v. Southland Corp.

Plaintiff, Foulton Allen Lee, III, instituted this action against the defendants, Southland Corporation, t/a 7-Eleven Stores, and Cheryl Maynard, an employee of the corporation, to recover compensatory and punitive damages resulting from an alleged malicious prosecution charging plaintiff with unlawfully and wilfully breaking the glass in the entrance door to one of Southland’s stores by kicking it with his foot.

The case was tried by a jury and at the conclusion of all the evidence, the trial court struck plaintiff’s evidence as to punitive damages, and the damages issue was submitted to the…