Kinzer v. Degler Corporation

This is an appeal from a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (n.o.v.), entered by the Washington Superior Court following a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs on the defendant’s counterclaim. The judgment n.o.v. is reversed and judgment for plaintiffs is entered on the counterclaim.

Richard and Caroline Kinzer, plaintiffs, contracted with the defendant, Dale Degler, in August, 1977, to have him do the heating and air conditioning work for the Kinzers’ “Crystal Palace” project. The Crystal Palace was to be a restaurant and shop complex, housed in a restored building on the Mountain Road…