Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. Gregg Roofing, Inc.

¶1 Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Company (MOE) appeals a $1.5 million jury verdict award on Gregg Roofing, Inc.’s claim for tortious interference with a business relationship. The evidence at trial indicated that Gregg Roofing sustained minimal lost profits and consequential damages, meaning that a large majority of the damages award must have related to injury to its reputation. MOE argues that Gregg Roofing failed to present any evidence to quantity the amount of injury to its reputation, and therefore that the trial court erred when it denied MOE’s CR 50 motion for judgment as a matter of…