HIEN NGUYEN v. Taylor

CALABRIA, Judge.

Jayceon Taylor (“Taylor”) and Búngalo Records, Inc. (“Bungalo”) appeal the trial court’s judgment which, following a bench trial, awarded five million dollars in compensatory damages and ten million dollars in punitive damages to Hien Nguyen, Matthew Brown, Ryan Childrey, Romaine Watkins, and David Gregory (collectively “plaintiffs”). We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

The events which led to the filing of the instant case have previously been chronicled by this Court in Nguyen v. Taylor, 200 N.C. App. 387, 684 S.E.2d 470…