Rock Port Market, Inc. v. Affiliated Foods Midwest Cooperative, Inc.

Affiliated Foods Midwest Cooperative, Inc. (“Affiliated Foods”) appeals from the judgment of the Circuit .Court of Nodaway County, Missouri (“trial court”), entered following a jury verdict for compensatory and punitive damages in favor of Rock Port Market, Inc. (“Rock Port”) on its claim of breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Factual and Procedural Background1

Rock Port was a grocery store in Rock Port, Missouri, owned by the Leisman family since 1949. In 1999 it submitted an application to become a member of Affiliated Foods, a Nebraska…