Ferraro v. Pacific Finance Corp.

Opinion

ELKINGTON, J.

Defendants Pacific Finance Corporation (Pacific) and William Steitz, doing business as Bill Steitz Motor Sales (Steitz), appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Pat Ferraro, entered upon jury verdicts on July 12, 1968, nunc pro tunc as of January 31, 1968. The action was brought for damages resulting from the alleged conversion by Pacific and Steitz of Ferraro’s automobile.

At an earlier trial the court directed the jury to return a verdict for Ferraro’s compensatory damages. By the instructions they were also permitted to determine whether exemplary damages should be…