Omaha Min. v. First Nat. Bank of Bellevue

Colwell, D. J., Retired.

This is a suit to recover damages for interference with a business relationship. The jury returned an $85,000 verdict in favor of plaintiffs, Omaha Mining Company, Inc. (Mining), doing business as The Video Station, and David R. Head, its president, against defendant, First National Bank of Bellevue (Bank). Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied as to liability; however, it was granted on the issue of damages upon the court’s finding that its damages instruction to the jury was incomplete. Plaintiffs’ appeal assigns as error that the judge had no authority to…