Edmark Motors, Inc. v. Twin Cities Toyota, Inc.

BURNETT, Judge.

This appeal presents issues of materiality, proximate cause and punitive damages in an action for fraud. Edmark Motors sued Twin Cities Toyota and its sales manager, Harold Myers, alleging that they had defrauded Edmark in a used car transaction. A jury agreed. Judgment was entered upon a verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages. Today we affirm the judgment.

At the heart of this case is a 1980 Chevrolet El Camino. Twin Cities purchased the El Camino from a dealership which had acquired it from an auto auction. For several months Twin Cities carried the El Camino in…