Hawthorne v. Guenther

OPINION

STOVER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment against appellant Lyn Hawthorne in the amount of $640,000.00 in actual damages and $850,-000.00 in exemplary damages for breach of an alleged fiduciary duty owed by Hawthorne to appellee Jack Guenther.

Facts

Jack Guenther, an attorney and a certified public accountant, was first involved in certain business investments with Lyn Hawthorne in the 1980’s. Although he testified that he never acted as her attorney or her accountant, he did acquaint her with some of his investments, and she, likewise, informed him of some of hers. Each in turn…