Empire Trucking Co. v. Reading Anthracite Coal Co.

OPINION BY WECHT, J.:

Reading Anthracite Company [“Appellant”] appeals the March 7, 2012 judgment entered following a jury verdict. The jury found Appellant in breach of its contract with Empire Trucking [“Empire”] in the amount of $299,495.18 and found Appellant to have intentionally interfered with Empire’s contractual relationships. The jury awarded Empire $271,000 in compensatory damages and $1.5 million in punitive damages. Appellant asks that we reverse the trial court’s denial of judgment notwithstanding the verdict [“JNOV”] or, in the alternative, grant a new trial. We affirm.

The trial…