Labarre v. Shepard

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Merrill J. Shepard and Thomas M. Parks appeal from the judgment against them in favor of George LaBarre and Cherline La-Barre. A jury found that Shepard and Parks: (1) improperly and unfairly foreclosed the mortgage they held on the LaBarres’ residence; (2) breached an agreement to avert the foreclosure; committed (3) misrepresentation and (4) fraud; and (5) engaged in an unfair trade practice in violation of New Hampshire’s Consumer Protection Act. On appeal, Shepard and Parks raise two narrow issues: first, that admission of evidence of an alleged oral agreement,…