Scotchcraft Building Materials, Inc. v. Parker

WARREN, Justice.

This is an appeal from that part of a judgment which awarded appellee $25,000 compensatory damages and $50,000 exemplary damages for slander and interference with a business relationship.

In 1977, appellee was engaged in the business of selling windows and other related building materials. Its largest customer was Homecraft, Inc. Appellant was a sup plier of windows which appellee purchased and resold. Appellee’s cause of action alleged that in August of 1977, Jack Wood-worth, the president of appellant, telephoned Tom Cummings, the comptroller of Homecraft, Inc., and made…