Chiappetta v. Orr

Shaw, Justice:

Respondents, Achille Chiappetta and Charlotte Chiappetta, brought this action against appellant, Earl L. Orr, for breach of contract. A jury awarded the Chiappettas $2,500 damages for the breach and the trial judge granted their motion for a new trial nisi unless the appellant agreed to an additur of $12,500 in damages. Orr appeals the granting of the new trial nisi additur. We affirm.

In April of 1985, Orr and the Chiappettas entered into a contract for the sale of the Chiappettas’ Hilton Head Island home to Orr. Subsequently, Orr stopped payment on his earnest money check. The…