Delahanty v. First Pennsylvania Bank, N.A.

CIRILLO, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict for $70,000 compensatory damages and $750,000 punitive damages in favor of plaintiff/appellees and against defendant/appellant. The appellees involved in this suit are Edmund J. Delahanty (hereinafter “Delahanty”), his wife Margaret A. Delahanty, and Cascade Car Corporation (hereinafter “Cascade”). Cascade is a closely held Pennsylvania corporation formed by Delahanty and seven other shareholders in April 1973 to conduct an auto leasing business. Appellant is First Pennsylvania Bank (hereinafter “Bank”), a state chartered…