Lederman v. Phelps Dodge Corporation

KRUCKER, Judge.

Appellant Lederman was one of several defendants in a suit by Phelps Dodge to recover damages, compensatory and punitive, allegedly resulting from a conspiracy to defraud Phelps,.Dodge. The case was tried to the court; sitting without a jury, extensive findings of fact and conclusions of law were entered, and Phelps Dodge prevailed, recovering both compensatory and punitive damages. Only Lederman has appealed.

He presents six questions for review, five of which include bald assertions of deprivation of constitutional guarantees. 1

At the outset, we are constrained to point out…