Legal Opinion
Tunis Bros. v. Ford Motor Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 27, 1991No. Nos. 90-1797, 90-1816PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal arising out of the termination of a franchised tractor dealership, we are presented with several issues stemming from the lengthy trial in which the plaintiff, Tunis Brothers Company, Inc., obtained a jury verdict for $227,605.50 in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages against the defendants, Ford Motor Company, Ford Motor Credit Company and Wenner Ford Tractor, Inc.1
*718This lawsuit grew out of the sale of Tunis Brothers, a Ford tractor dealership and hardware business, from its original owner, Richard Tunis, to…
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