Legal Opinion
Food Lion, Inc. v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.
District Court, M.D. North Carolina
Decided August 29, 1997No. 6:92CV00592PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
TILLEY, District Judge.
This matter was tried to a jury beginning on December 9, 1996. The jury returned verdicts in favor of Plaintiff and found Defendants hable for fraud, trespass, and a breach of the duty of loyalty. The jury found that Plaintiff suffered $1,402.00 in compensatory damages on those claims and awarded a total of $5,545,750.00 in punitive damages for the fraud claim. In addition, the Court, applying the factual findings of the jury, determined that Defendants had committed a violation of the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. Defendants…
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