Taylor v. Powertel, Inc.

Eldridge, Judge.

Bruce Taylor, a Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, subscriber, sued his digital phone service provider, Powertel, Inc., a corporation principally based in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, for conversion for the inclusion of amounts attributable to taxes from Jacksonville, Duval County, on his monthly cellular phone bill. The trial court granted summary judgment as to his claim for punitive damages and tried his claim for conversion before a jury. At the close of plaintiff’s case, Powertel moved for a directed verdict for the claim of conversion, which the trial court…