Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. v. Hutcheson

Tommy Hutcheson d/b/a Mountaineer Homes; and Mountaineer Homes, Inc., sued Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. ("Fleetwood"), and Roger Mitchell, alleging fraud, breach of contract and "bad faith," after Hutcheson was terminated as a Fleetwood mobile-home retailer. The trial court entered a summary judgment on the breach-of-contract and bad-faith claims asserted by Hutcheson and Mountaineer Homes, Inc. On the fraud claim, a jury awarded Hutcheson and Mountaineer Homes, Inc., $63,100 in compensatory damages and $189,300 (three times the compensatory damages) in punitive damages. Fleetwood and Mitchell…