Legal Opinion
A-G Foods, Inc. v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 7, 1990No. 13789PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
The plaintiff, A-G Foods, Inc., doing business as Fitzgerald Foods, brought this action for damages against the defendants, Pepperidge Farm, Inc. (Pepperidge Farm), and Anthony Spinelli. The revised complaint alleged, inter alia, that Spinelli, a distributor of Pepperidge Farm bakery goods, had defrauded the plaintiff by charging its stores for goods he had not delivered. As to Pepperidge Farm, the complaint alleged that, under the doctrine of respondeat superior, Pepperidge Farm was vicariously liable for each of the following: fraud (sixth count); reckless indifference and/or intentional…
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