Benson v. Jim Maddox Northwest Imports, Inc.

STEPHAN, Presiding Judge.

Corporate defendant Jim Maddox Northwest Motors, Inc. and individual defendant Michael Stretch appeal from a judgment that awarded plaintiff Barbara Benson actual and punitive damages for the conversion of her automobile. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

On November 5, 1982, defendant Northwest Motors, Inc. sold plaintiff a 1979 Mercury Marquis for $4,950.00. Plaintiff drove the car for a week, then returned it to Northwest for minor repairs under the car’s limited warranty. Some three weeks later, Northwest informed plaintiff the car was ready for pick-up.…