Staff Builders, Inc. v. Armstrong

The instant appeal seeks to challenge the jury award of compensatory damages for breach of contract and further seeks to challenge the jury award of compensatory and punitive damages for bad faith on the part of appellant in processing the insurance claim of appellee. At the outset, however, it is necessary to consider whether the vacation of the jury verdict by the trial court because of its perceived inconsistency with the response to the interrogatory was erroneous.

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Civ. R. 49(B) governs the submission of interrogatories to juries and the effect, if any, the responses thereto have on the…