Johnson v. Allen

HOWARD, Presiding Judge.

This is a suit for actual and punitive damages for fraud in the installation of an improper transmission in plaintiffs’ automobile. Trial to a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiffs for actual damages in the amount of $700.00 and for punitive damages in the amount of $10,000.00. On motion, the trial court set aside the judgment for plaintiffs and entered judgment for defendant and in the alternative sustained defendant’s motion for new trial on the grounds, among others, that the “Verdict was so excessive that it indicates bias and prejudice of the…