Legal Opinion
Louis F. Cavic and Helen A. Cavic, His Wife, Cross-Appellants v. The Grand Bahama Development Company, Limited, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 28, 1983No. 81-5649PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the final judgment for $440,000.00 entered by the district court upon a jury verdict rendered in favor of the appellees. The appellees sued the appellant for common law fraud alleging that they were induced by fraudulent misrepresentations to enter into contracts to purchase from the appellant real property located in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island. A jury found for the appellees on their common law fraud claim and awarded both compensatory and punitive damages. We affirm the award in its entirety.
FACTS
Throughout the course of this litigation the…
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