Legal Opinion
Shrout v. Thorsen
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 10, 1985No. 83-794PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This appeal is from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama. The trial court, pursuant to a jury verdict, ordered that the defendants, Clayton Shrout and others, pay the plaintiff, Dr. Bobby Thorsen, $40,000.00 compensatory damages and $3,000,000.00 punitive damages as a result of the defendants' attempt to defraud Thorsen in a loan-investment sham. We affirm.
The facts of this case are as follows:
Appellee, Dr. Bobby Thorsen, gave up the active practice of dentistry in the fall of 1981 to invest in warehouse and condominium development in Texas. Thorsen contacted…
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