Rappahannock Pistol & Rifle Club, Inc. v. Bennett

In a motion for judgment filed below, Rappahannock Pistol and Rifle Club, Inc. (the Club) sought compensatory and punitive damages against Robert T. Bennett and Catherine A. Bennett (the Bennetts) for their allegedly tortious interference with a contract between the Club and C.F. Lumber Co., Inc. (C.F. Lumber). The trial court struck the Club’s claim for punitive damages, and a jury awarded the Club $125,000.00 in compensatory damages. Upon motion of the Bennetts, the trial court set the verdict aside on the ground the Club failed, as a matter of law, to prove the Bennetts tortiously…