Wesko v. G.E.M., Inc.

After a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County had returned verdicts for $5,000.00 compensatory damages and $15,000.00 punitive damages in favor of Richard A. Wesko against G.E.M., Inc. and GEM International, Inc. (GEM), the court (Menchine, J.) granted GEM’s motion for a judgment n.o.v. Wesko appealed to the Court of Special Appeals which affirmed the lower court’s judgment in Wesko v. G.E.M., Inc., 19 Md. App. 161, 310 A. 2d 191 (1973). We granted certiorari.

The circumstances which gave rise to the litigation are set out in greater detail in the opinion of the Court of Special…