Scott v. Car City Motor Co., Inc.

SHANGLER, Judge.

The defendant Car City appeals a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs Donald and Linda Scott for $5,000 actual damages and $50,000 punitive damages. The claim was submitted to the jury on the theory that Car City fraudulently represented that the van they sold to the Scotts was new. The proof that the Scotts attempted was that in fact the car was not new, but had been wrecked. The question on appeal, among others, is the sufficiency of the evidence to submit the claim.

The van purchased by the Scotts was manufactured by Chrysler and then shipped to Tram…