Prudential Securities, Inc. v. Haugland

OPINION

McCLURE, Justice.

Prudential Securities, Inc. (Prudential) appeals from a judgment awarding damages to Casey M. Haugland, Charles M. Haugland, and Helen Haugland for Prudential’s breach of a settlement agreement by reporting income to the Internal Revenue Service. 1 Prudential challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence to show that it breached the settlement agreement or that any breach caused the Hauglands’ damages. It also contends that the trial court improperly drew an adverse inference from Prudential’s failure to present evidence at trial. We reverse and render judgment that…