Legal Opinion
Briner Electric Co. v. Sachs Electric Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided September 25, 1984No. 45704PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMON, Judge.
Sachs Electric Company (Sachs) appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Briner Electric Company (Briner) on a jury verdict in the Circuit Court of the County of St. Louis. The claim is founded on tortious interference with a business expectancy and the jury awarded Briner actual damages of $213,000 and punitive damages of $405,000.
On appeal, Sachs contends the trial court erred in (1) failing to grant Sachs’ motions for a directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict for the reason that Briner failed to make a submissible case in that it did not prove the necessary…
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