Alfa Mutual Insurance Co. v. Veal

ALMON, Justice.

The defendant insurance companies appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict awarding $2,000 compensatory damages and $400,000 punitive damages on the plaintiff’s claims of conversion and conspiracy to commit conversion. The plaintiff submitted evidence, and the jury found, that the defendants forged his signature on a check. The principal issues are whether the trial court erred in submitting the claims to the jury or in its instructions to the jury.

James G. Veal suffered a work-related injury while driving a truck in the line and scope of his employment. Veal was forced off the…