Bresnahan v. Bresnahan

CATHELL, Judge.

Dona K. Bresnahan appeals from a jury verdict and subsequent court judgments rendered in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County. William B. Bresnahan, appellee, cross appeals from other aspects of the jury verdict and from the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

Appellant presents five issues:

Whether proof of actual malice is a prerequisite to an award of punitive damages in a partnership dissolution case where the jury found that [appellee] breached his fiduciary duty to the estate of his deceased partner.

Whether the trial should…