Legal Opinion
Farm Crop Energy, Inc. v. Old National Bank
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 1988No. 51009-1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrachtenbach, J.
This case involves conditional promises, recovery of lost profits from a nonexistent business, sufficiency of the evidence as to those lost profits, and promissory estoppel.
Petitioner Old National Bank (ONB) challenges a Court of Appeals decision affirming a $295,000 jury verdict in favor of Farm Crop Energy, Inc. See Farm Crop Energy, *925Inc. v. Old Nat'l Bank, 38 Wn. App. 50, 685 P.2d 1097 (1984). We granted discretionary review, reverse, and remand for new trial.
In 1980, 10 investors incorporated Farm Crop to build a fuel alcohol plant in Royal City, Washington. The investors envisioned a…
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