Lee v. Wood Products Credit Union

Plaintiff filed this action for wrongful conversion of his automobile by the defendant credit union. A jury awarded plaintiff both general and punitive damages. However, on defendant’s motion, the trial court granted a judgment n.o.v. as to the punitive damages. On appeal, plaintiff assigns as error the elimination of punitive damages from the judgment, and defendant cross-appeals, contending that it was entitled to a directed verdict on the underlying issue of conversion.

In March 1972 plaintiff borrowed approximately $3,000 from the defendant’s branch office in North Bend to purchase an…