Bryan v. Papalia

In this case involving fraud claims by two plaintiffs against their alleged financial *680advisor, the trial court granted judgment notwithstanding the jury's verdict. In doing so, the trial court disregarded the jury's findings in answer to questions as to liability and actual damages for fraud and negligent misrepresentation, the discovery rule, and exemplary damages. We conclude that the trial court did not err in disregarding the jury's damage finding as to the amount of the defendant's profit from the transaction in question, but that the trial court did err in disregarding all of the other…