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SOUTHLAND CORP. v. BARTSCH

No. 87-1099.

522 So.2d 1053 (1988)

SOUTHLAND CORPORATION, D/B/a 7-Eleven Stores, Appellant, v. Daniel Adam BARTSCH, a Minor, Etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Bonner and Sutton G. Hillyard, Jr. of Pitts, Eubanks, Hillyard, Rumbley & Meier, P.A., Orlando, for appellant.

William F. McMurry, Prospect, Ky., and Hubert C. Childress, Jr., of Trachtman, Henderson, Childress, Charpentier and Wright, P.A., Melbourne, for appellees.

DAUKSCH, Judge.

Southland Corporation, d/b/a 7-Eleven Stores, appeals a judgment from a jury verdict awarding $20,000 in compensatory damages and $20,000 in punitive damages for the torts of malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress. This case rose from the arrest of Daniel Bartsch, a six year and seven-month old Kindergarten student, for stealing a package of gum from a 7-Eleven store. Southland Corporation contends that probable cause...

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