Legal Opinion
Computrol, Inc., - Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Newtrend, L.P. And Ca Newtrend, Inc., - Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 10, 2000No. 99-1167, 99-1242PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, District Judge.
After a 34-day trial in the Eastern District of Missouri, a jury awarded $2,663,-000 to Appellant, Computrol, Inc., (“Com-putrol”) on a breach of contract claim against Appellee Newtrend, L.P., and Ap-pellee CA Newtrend, Inc., (collectively, “Newtrend”). The jury also decided against Newtrend and Newtrend CEO Robert King, in his individual capacity, on three common law fraud claims.
On post-trial motion, the district court 2 ruled as a matter of law that a contractual limitation of liability provision limited Computrol’s breach of contract recovery to $469,206.88,- and…
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