Rexnord, Inc. v. Ferris

The plaintiffs filed a complaint against the defendants seeking injunctive relief, compensatory damages and punitive damages. The trial court, sitting without a jury, enjoined the defendants and awarded general damages. Although the trial court found that tortious conduct had been proved of a nature to support an award of punitive damages of $35,000, the court refused to award punitive damages, and instead entered a conclusion of law that “[t]his court is not authorized to award punitive damages, for the reason that a party who seeks injunctive relief cannot also obtain from the same court an…