Dowd v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.

MANFORD, Judge.

This is a civil action seeking actual and punitive damages upon a four-count petition presenting alternate theories of negligence, gross negligence, fraud, and prima facie tort. The claim was submitted upon prima facie tort. The jury returned a verdict for $90,000 upon which the court entered judgment. The judgment is reversed.

Appellant, General Motors Acceptance Corporation (hereinafter G.M.A.C.) was the original defendant at trial. Respondents, original plaintiffs at trial, are John and Sandra Dowd (hereinafter the Dowds).

G.M.A.C. has presented no less than thirteen points…