King Mines Resort, Inc. v. MALACHI M. & MINERALS, INC.

The defendant/appellant King Mines Resort, Inc. ("King Mines"), challenges the trial court's denial of its motion for a directed verdict, arguing that claims of Malachi Mining Minerals, Inc. ("Malachi"), for fraud, assault, and "intentional interference with business operations," separately and severally, were unsupported by the evidence.

At the close of the evidence, King Mines' directed-verdict motion, grounded on "insufficiency of the evidence," was denied; and the trial judge allowed the three challenged claims to go to the jury, along with claims for trespass and conversion, which went…