Newport Fisherman's Supply Co. v. Schiller

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

The appeal in this case involves a jury verdict rendered in a civil case in the Superior Court. The underlying dispute resulted from the termination of a joint venture agreement between the plaintiff Newport Fisherman’s Supply Co., Inc. (Fisherman’s Supply), and the defendant, Robert E. Der-ecktor (Derecktor).

On June 16, 1988, the jury made the following findings on the interrogatory and verdict forms supplied to them by the trial justice:

“COUNT IV: (Wrongful Conduct of the Defendants):

Interrogatory #1:

Do you find that the defendants willfully refused to consent to lease…