Peacock Buick, Inc. v. Durkin

Jane Enid Durkin sued Peacock Buick, Inc., to recover both compensatory and punitive damages resulting from Peacock’s alleged unlawful conversion of her automobile. A jury returned a verdict for Durkin and awarded her compensatory damages of $2,500.00 and punitive damages of $7,500.00. Peacock moved the court to set aside the verdict and to enter judgment for it, or, in the alternative, to grant Peacock a new trial on the issue of punitive damages. The trial court overruled the motions, but remitted the compensatory damage award to $2,100.00. Judgment was thereafter entered on the verdict as…