Legal Opinion
Morehouse College, Inc. v. McGaha
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 6, 2005No. A05A1737PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ruffin, Chief Judge.
After Antonio McGaha was expelled from Morehouse College, a jury awarded him $698,500 in damages on a breach of contract claim based on Morehouse’s failure to follow proper procedure. The trial court denied Morehouse’s motion for a new trial, and Morehouse appeals, arguing that: (1) the trial court erred in allowing testimony on future lost wages, a measure of damages not recoverable in a contract action; (2) the verdict is excessive; and (3) the trial court erred in allowing McGaha to introduce irrelevant evidence about disputed credit hours on his transcript, which…
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