Legal Opinion
Wagman v. Lee
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1983No. 81-768PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge,
Retired:
A jury awarded appellee $4,000 compensatory and $15,000 punitive damages for appellant’s breach of fiduciary duty. Appellant argues that as escrow agent his legal relationship with depositor appellee is contractual, not fiduciary; alternatively, he contends that his conduct was insufficiently egregious to justify imposition of punitive damages. We affirm. 1
In late 1974, appellant, an attorney, suggested to appellee and her roommate, David Brooks, the possibility of purchasing a home. Appellant had provided legal services to Brooks in the past and was owner…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- James Benjamin Hamby, Bankrupt v. St. Paul Mercury Indemnity Company, CreditorCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by40 opinions
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