Hildebrand v. Ballard

NUGENT, Judge.

Defendant Barbara Jean Ballard appeals from the trial court’s judgment entered on a $20,000 jury verdict for breach of contract and from the trial court’s order directing a verdict against her on her counterclaim in quantum meruit for services rendered to plaintiff Martha Jewell Hildebrand. Mrs. Hildebrand cross-appeals from the trial court’s refusal to submit the issue of punitive damages on her claim for conversion of two certificates of deposit (CD’s). In a decision from which neither party appeals the court entered judgment for the plaintiff for $88,000 in actual damages on…