Interstate Freeway Services, Inc. v. Houser

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

The central issue in this case is whether the appellants, Interstate Freeway Services, Inc. (IFS), and Wayne E. Stowe, fraudulently induced the appellee, John Houser, to accept employment to open and manage their new restaurant, John’s Diner, and the corresponding measure of compensatory and punitive damages.

The underlying facts show that Houser had managed a restaurant for IFS from 1971 to 1980, at which time he voluntarily terminated his employment. Houser continued to work in the restaurant business, and, sometime in September or October of 1989, he responded…