Legal Opinion
VanDyke v. Mountain Coin MacHine Distributors, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided August 3, 1988No. 880129-CAPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREENWOOD, Judge:
Defendant, Mountain Coin Distributors, Inc., appeals from a jury verdict awarding plaintiff, Richard VanDyke, $250 in actual damages and $37,000 in punitive damages on a claim for breach of contract and abuse of process. Mountain Coin appeals, claiming the trial court erred in: 1) ruling that Mountain Coin breached the parties’ contract; 2) giving certain instructions to the jury; and 3) failing to remit the punitive damage award.
In October 1983, VanDyke purchased a video game from Mountain Coin for about $5,000. In November 1983, VanDyke informed Mountain Coin’s…
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