Shelton v. Shelton

David Newbern, Justice.

Terry L. Shelton, the appellee, sued his father, James T. Shelton, the appellant, for intentionally interfering with Terry’s contract right to employment by C & F Coffee Company, a corporation of which each of them owned fifty per cent. The jury returned a verdict in Terry’s favor for $23,000 for lost wages, $60,000 for wages to be lost in the future, and $17,000 punitive damages. The trial court gave Terry Shelton the option of a remittitur of $75,000, thus reducing the damages to $25,000, or the granting of a new trial. We hold the court abused its discretion in…