Legal Opinion

Mo-Jack Distributor, LLC v. Tamarak Snacks, LLC

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided December 4, 2015No. 2013-CA-001845-MRPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

THOMPSON, JUDGE:

Mo-Jack Distributor, LLC and its owner, Charles T. Clark, (collectively Clark) appeal from a judgment entered following a jury trial. A jury found Clark committed fraud and forgery and awarded Tama-rak Snacks, LLC and Tamarak’s owner, Richard Cohen, (collectively Cohen) $65,000 in compensatory damages and $95,000 in punitive damages. Clark alleges three errors: (1) the trial court erroneously instructed the jury on compensatory damages because the only evidence of damages was attorney fees incurred by Cohen in defending this action; (2) the award of punitive damages was…

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