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Title: Doris G. Terry and Paula Jean Terry V.
Author : Supreme Court Of Utah
Release Date : January 07, 1979
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 76 KB

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MAUGHAN, Justice: This appeal is from an order of the District Court denying defendants motions for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial. Following a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Doris G. Terry, for malicious prosecution, false arrest and false imprisonment, the defendant, Zions Cooperative Mercantile Institution (hereinafter "Z.C.M.I."), requested a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial or a remittitur of the damages. The District Court denied the motions for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial, but granted the remittitur motion on condition that the plaintiff accept a reduction of the punitive damages or the court would order a new trial. The plaintiff, Doris G. Terry, accepted the reduced amount in lieu of a new trial. Following defendants appeal, however, plaintiff cross-appealed the granting of the remittitur motion and the reduction of the punitive damage award. We affirm the denial of the judgment notwithstanding the verdict and the new trial motion, but reverse the remittitur and reinstate the jury award. All statutory references are to Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amended.