Airborne Freight Corp. v. C.R. Lee Enterprises, Inc.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This case involves a contract dispute, and there’s the rub. Plaintiff/appellee C.R. Lee Enterprises obtained a jury verdict against Airborne Freight Corporation, Inc. and Cindy Whitson, Airborne’s regional manager (referred to as “Airborne”) on a hybrid theory of negligent misrepresentation and fraud; Lee lost two breach of contract claims, one to a negative jury finding and one to summary judgment. We find that because the cause of action here relates only to duties stemming from the contractual agreement between the parties, because the damages proven by Lee relate…