General Corporation v. General Motors Corporation

DEVITT, District Judge.

Defendant moves for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial following a $100,000 jury verdict in this action for deceit. The plaintiff Minnesota corporation is a former wholesale distributor for the Delco Appliance Division of the defendant. The plaintiff’s complaint alleged that the defendant fraudulently represented it would not market its Delco heating products directly to retailers in the plaintiff’s franchise area, and that the plaintiff’s business was wrongfully destroyed when the defendant cancelled the wholesale agreement between them and changed…