Gateway Leasing Corp. v. Heath
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Banke, Judge.
The plaintiff filed suit to recover damages for the defendant’s alleged breach of a motor vehicle lease agreement, and the defendant counterclaimed for damages for breach of contract and fraud. Following a jury trial, the court directed a verdict for the defendant on the complaint, and the jury awarded him $4,500 in actual damages and $27,000 in punitive damages on his counterclaim. However, in entering judgment on the verdict, the trial court reduced the award of *859actual damages to $4,043.28. This was done at the request of the defendant for the purpose of conforming the judgment…
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- Turley v. TurleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
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