Majewski v. Porter

Both litigants in this civil action are residents of Connecticut. The plaintiff (Majewski) seeks to recover a $7,500 balance due on a buy-and-sell agreement whereby he sold a private school called Key Punch Academy (the academy) to the defendant (Porter) for the sum of $15,000. Porter filed a counterclaim based upon her assertion that the sale was the direct result of certain misrepresentations made by Majewski. A Superior Court jury found against Majewski on his claim, for Porter on her counterclaim, and awarded her $7,750 in damages. The trial justice denied Majewski’s motion for a new…