Dejavue, Inc. v. U.S. Energy Corp.

OPINION

WILKINS, Presiding Judge:

¶ 1 Defendant, U.S. Energy Corp., appeals a jury verdict awarding plaintiff, Dejavue, Inc., $90,871 in compensatory damages, $62,-500 in punitive damages, and $91,668 in attorney fees. On appeal, U.S. Energy claims the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to either grant a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or order a new trial. U.S. Energy also attacks the trial court’s award of attorney fees. Dejavue cross-appeals, claiming the trial court erred as a matter of law in refusing to award it prejudgment interest on the jury award. In addition,…