Trakru v. Mathews

ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Chief Judge.

| A Stone County jury awarded appellee David Mathews $570,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages on his claims against appellant Roma Trakru for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud. For reversal, Trakru argues that the circuit court erred in failing to grant her directed-verdict motion on each of Mathews’s causes of action; in awarding Mathews attorney fees; in limiting cross-examination of Mathews; and in instructing the jury on fraud. We affirm.1

I. Factual Background

David Mathews is the former owner of Stone County…