Logsdon v. Graham Ford Co.

The record discloses competent, credible evidence going to the essential elements of the tort of fraud,1 including testimony that the difference in value of the garbage packer as it was represented, and the actual value of the unit sold, was between $1,000 and $3,000. This court will therefore sustain the jury verdict with regard to compensatory damages. The only question remaining for our determination is whether the trial court erred in instructing the jury relative to punitive damages.

“Consistently with the general rule as to the allowance of exemplary or punitive damages, the jury may, in…