Legal Opinion
Associated Business Telephone Systems Corp. v. Greater Capital Corp.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 6, 1990No. Civ. A. 87-2697PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COHEN, Senior District Judge:
BACKGROUND
Following a three week jury trial, in this tort of conversion and breach of contract action, the following verdicts were returned:
$1,370,386.85 for compensatory damages in favor of the plaintiff, Associated Business Telephone Systems Corporation (“Associated or ABTS”) against the defendant, Greater Capital Corporation (“Greater Capital”); $200,000 for punitive damages against each of the defendants, Mark Cohn and Steven Cohn (“Cohns”), totalling $400,000; and, further, “No Cause for Action” on the defendants’ counterclaim against plaintiff and the…
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