(DOWNLOAD) "Preston Huckeby v. Benton F. Spangler Et" by Supreme Court of Tennessee " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Preston Huckeby v. Benton F. Spangler Et
- Author : Supreme Court of Tennessee
- Release Date : January 20, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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HARBISON, Justice. Petitioner, a member of the Tennessee Bureau of Criminal Identification, filed this suit for personal injuries sustained
while he was engaged in a raid upon a gambling establishment near Chattanooga. Respondents are ten of the defendants to the
action. A number of other persons were originally sued. Of these, some were never served with process, and they were dismissed.
Five defendants failed to appear after service of process, and default judgment was taken against them. After a jury trial
lasting several days, another defendant was acquitted. The jury awarded petitioner $30,000 compensatory damages against the
ten respondents and the five defaulted defendants. In addition punitive damages in the amount of $60,000 were awarded against
the defendants in default. On post-trial motion, however, the trial Judge concluded that where several defendants are joined
in a single action and are sued for punitive damages, the punitive award must be given against all or none of the defendants.
Accordingly, he assessed the punitive damages against respondents, jointly and severally, as well as against the five defaulted
defendants.
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