Legal Opinion
Oxford Furniture Companies v. Drexel Heritage Furnishings, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1993No. 91-7586PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
A jury found defendants-appellants Drexel Heritage Furnishings, Inc. .(“Drex-el”) and Masco Corp. (“Masco”) liable to Oxford Furniture Companies, Inc. (“Oxford”) for over $1.7 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Drexel and Mas-co advocate reversal on several grounds. We AFFIRM in part and VACATE in part.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Pertinent Facts
Oxford owned and operated several furniture retail stores in Birmingham, Alabama. Lanier Chew was the owner of Oxford, and Gary Kitchen was its chief financial officer. One of Oxford’s competitors, Birmingham Wholesale Furniture…
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