Conner v. Hart

Ruffin, Judge.

Donna Joann Conner sued her business partner, Joseph Hart, for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, attorney fees, and punitive damages. The case proceeded to trial, and the trial court granted Hart a directed verdict on each of these claims at the close of Conner’s case. Conner appeals, and for reasons that follow, we affirm.

In reviewing the grant or denial of a motion for directed verdict, we apply the “any evidence” test and construe the evidence most favorably to the party opposing the motion. Under this standard, “[a] directed verdict is proper only if there is no conflict in…