Opinion
No. ED 76735
October 17, 2000 Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied November 29, 2000. Application for Transfer Denied January 23, 2001.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF ST. LOUIS CITY HON. EVELYN M. BAKER.
Larry Darnell Hale, Law Office of Hale, 1221 Locust, Suite 310 St. Louis, MO 63101, for Respondent.
Ann Elizabeth Buckley, William M. Corrigan JR., The Law Office of Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly,Daivs Dicus, One Metropolitan Square, Suite 2600, St. Louis, MO 63102-2740, for Appellants.
Before Lawrence E. Mooney, P.J., Paul J. Simon, J., and Sherri B. Sullivan, J.
ORDER
President Riverboat Casino-Missouri (the Casino) appeals from judgments of $81,000 compensatory damages and $475,000 punitive damages entered on jury verdicts against the Casino on James Matthews' (Respondent) claim for False Arrest and Imprisonment.
We have reviewed the briefs of the parties and the record on appeal and conclude the trial court's determination is not against the weight of the evidence. Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30, 32 (Mo.banc 1976). An extended opinion would have no precedential value. We have, however, provided a memorandum opinion for the use of the parties only setting forth the reasons for our decision. We affirm the judgment pursuant to Rule 84.16(b).