Hunter v. Spaulding

BECTON, Judge.

Plaintiffs instituted this action alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices and actual and constructive fraud on the part of defendant. At trial, defendant was called as an adverse witness. Plaintiffs moved to strike his answer when he admitted he had not personally answered plaintiffs written interrogatories. The trial judge struck the answer and entered a default judgment against defendant on the actual fraud claim and awarded compensatory damages of $10,000.00. The question of punitive damages was then submitted to the jury, which returned a verdict for plaintiffs in the…