Legal Opinion
Messer v. E.F. Hutton & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 7, 1987No. 86-3602PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a district court order granting defendant-appellee E.F. Hutton’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The order set aside a large part of the jury’s award of both compensatory and punitive damages resulting from two unauthorized trades in plaintiff-appellant Floyd Messer’s brokerage account. Messer contests the district court’s determinations on both liability and damages and its denial of attorneys’ fees, costs and prejudgment interest. We affirm.
I. FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
In August 1980 appellant Messer opened a brokerage…
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