Larry Savage Chevrolet, Inc. v. Richards

Larry Savage Chevrolet, Inc., (Savage) appeals from a judgment in favor of Michael Richards in his suit for fraud in connection with the sale of an automobile. Richards was awarded $4000 in compensatory damages and $62,500 in punitive damages.

The evidence at trial reveals that Richards went to Savage's car lot looking for a new Chevrolet Camaro automobile. He found a white Camaro that he liked among the new cars on the lot. Richards and Jack Armstrong, a salesman at Savage, examined the car. Richards noticed that a section of stripe was missing on the front spoiler and that there appeared to…