Dudley v. Dumont

RENDLEN, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury’s verdict awarding plaintiff $1,080 actual and $4,500 punitive damages for fraud. Plaintiff charged that defendant individually or by his agent Ken Gainey intentionally misrepresented the effective date of an automobile liability insurance policy and relying on that misrepresentation, plaintiff purchased insurance coverage which was in fact not effective on the date he was led to believe. Plaintiff’s auto was involved in a collision prior to the date a policy of insurance was ultimately issued, and thus uninsured, he…