Legal Opinion
CDB Software, Inc. v. Kroll
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 4, 1998No. 01-97-01278-CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’CONNOR, Justice.
CDB Software, Inc., the plaintiff below, appeals a jury verdict in favor of Charles Kroll, the defendant below. Kroll appeals the jury’s nominal award of damages. We modify the judgment below and, as modified, affirm.
Factual Background and Procedural History
CDB, founded by Richard Barry in 1985, is a small Houston company that develops and licenses software products for mainframe computer systems. Before 1990, Barry owned 60 percent of CDB’s stock and Jeanne Eaton owned 40 percent.
In 1988, Barry hired Kroll. In October 1989, CDB began negotiations with Candle…
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