Barton AG Center, Inc. v. Case

IjA Pulaski County jury found that Ver-lon Spencer, Barton AG Center, Inc., and Greenway Equipment, Inc. (sometimes referred to collectively as “Greenway” 1 or as appellants) committed the tort of conversion with respect to two John Deere tractors owned by appellee William Case. The jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages against Greenway. Greenway appeals, raising two points for reversal: (1) that the trial court erred in submitting the conversion claim against them to the jury; and (2) that the trial court erred in submitting the punitive damages claim against them to the jury. We…