Legal Opinion

Pruitt v. Pavelin

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided June 19, 1984No. 1 CA-CIV 6017PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

This appeal arises out of the actions of a real estate salesperson who defrauded the seller of a restaurant by forging certain signatures on a sales contract and security documents. It presents a number of evi-dentiary and legal issues that we will discuss separately after we set forth the facts. The trial court found against the salesperson, Carole Pavelin, in the amount of $158,698.33 compensatory damages and $100,000 punitive damages. It found *198against Pavelin’s employer, C & A Realty, on a theory of respondeat superior for Pavelin’s fraudulent and willful…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Ponticas v. K.M.S. InvestmentsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1983
  2. Williams v. Feather Sound, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
  3. Carrel v. LuxArizona Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Vaughn C. Payne and Edith Pruitt Payne v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
  5. McFarlin v. HallArizona Supreme Court · 1980

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Retherford v. AT & T Communications of the Mountain States, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Schoff v. Combined Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1999
  3. Smith v. American Express Travel Related Services Co.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1994
  4. Warner v. Southwest Desert Images, LLCCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2008
  5. Quinonez on Behalf of Quinonez v. AndersenCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1984

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