Piedmont Premium Service, Inc. v. South Carolina Insurance

Lewis, Chief Justice:

This appeal is taken from a judgment for actual and punitive damages entered for respondent after jury trial of an action for breach of contract. The complaint alleged that the appellant had wrongfully refused to return certain monies paid to the appellant’s agent and that this breach of contract was accompanied by misrepresentations amounting to a fraudulent act. At ‘trial the appellant made timely motions for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which motions were denied. We affirm the holding of the trial court as to actual damages but…