Commerce Bank, N.A. v. Chrysler Realty Corp.

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee Commerce Bank, N.A. (“Commerce”) brought this action seeking actual and punitive damages as well as an accounting for sums wrongfully paid to defendant Chrysler Realty Corporation (“Chrysler Realty”) by co-defendant Daim-lerChrysler Corporation (“Chrysler Corporation”). 1 Defendants appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Commerce on Commerce’s claim for actual damages. Chrysler Realty additionally appeals the district court’s order awarding Commerce $20,000 in punitive damages. We reverse the order of summary judgment,…