Legal Opinion
McKinnon v. Tibbetts
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 3, 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VIOLETTE, Justice.
In this fraud action, plaintiff McKinnon sued his former attorney, Robert Tibbetts, for $50.00 compensatory damages 1 and punitive damages. A jury verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $10,000.00 was returned in the trial held in Superior Court, Kennebec County. Defendant has appealed, claiming inter alia that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing plaintiff to amend his complaint, that there was insufficient evidence of fraud to support a verdict for plaintiff, and that the award of punitive damages was erroneous as a matter of law. We find no evidence to…
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