Legal Opinion
Harold J. Boggan v. Data Systems Network Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1992No. 91-4707PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This is one of those rare cases in which we must overturn a civil jury verdict for insufficiency of the evidence. We do not do so nonchalantly. We have sifted through the record, searching, both at the direction of the parties and on our own, for evidence to sustain the jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Concluding that there is no evidence to support plaintiffs claim of fraudulent inducement, we REVERSE the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
Harold Boggan owned 51% of Interprint, Inc., a supplier of computers and computer equipment with offices in Dallas and Houston.…
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