Kennedy v. Commercial Carriers, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE COUSINS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Clinton Kennedy, Dale Long, Kenneth H. Chandler and Harold Sutphin, brought a class action on behalf of certain union truck drivers against their employer, Commercial Carriers, Inc. (CCI), alleging that CCI had breached its equipment leases with each plaintiff and class member. After a jury trial, the trial court entered judgment in favor of plaintiffs and against CCI in the amount of $2,313,142.72. CCI appeals from that judgment and from the trial court’s order denying CGI’s posttrial motion for judgment notwithstanding…