Brown v. New Plaza Pontiac Co.

GAITAN, Judge.

This appeal and cross appeal arise from an action for fraudulent misrepresentation in the sale of an automobile. Judgment was entered against defendant, New Plaza Pontiac Company, (“NPP”) for both actual and punitive damages. NPP appeals alleging as error the trial court’s failure to grant a judgment n.o.v. on the issue of punitive damages. The plaintiff, Carmelita Brown, cross-appeals alleging the trial court erred by (1) allowing the defendant to present evidence of a settlement offer it made to plaintiff; (2) excluding evidence of a judgment against the defendant in a similar…