Legal Opinion
Hallmark Cards v. Janet Murley
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 15, 2013No. 11-2855PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
Hallmark Cards, Inc. (“Hallmark”) sued its former employee, Janet Murley, for a breach of the parties’ separation agreement and won a $860,000 jury verdict on its breach of contract claim. The district court1 denied Murley’s motion for a new trial. Murley now appeals, arguing the district court erred in delivering an adverse inference instruction to the jury and the award on Hallmark’s breach of contract claim was excessive. We modify and affirm the decision of the district court.
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Murley served as Hallmark’s group vice-president of marketing from 1999 to 2002. In this…
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