Joy Floral Co. v. South Central Bell Telephone Co.

NEARN, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether plaintiff’s proof of damages as to loss of profits is so uncertain and speculative that no valid judgment may be based upon it.

Joy Floral Company sued South Central Bell Telephone Company for damages caused by the failure of South Central to list plaintiff’s telephone numbers properly in the 1974 telephone directory for the Nashville area. At the close of all the proof the Trial Judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff as to liability, but ordered stricken all evidence of plaintiff on the issue of loss of profits and instructed the jury to…