PETRITES v. J. C. BRADFORD & CO.

No. 80-5156.

646 F.2d 1033 (1981)

Joseph J. PETRITES and Frances M. Petrites, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. J. C. BRADFORD & COMPANY and Rowland Allen Hyde, a/k/a Ted Hyde, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

June 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MacFarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, T. Paine Kelly, Jr., Claude H. Tison, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Terry Smiljanich, Stephen C. Chumbris, St. Petersburg, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FAY and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and ALLGOOD, District Judge.


VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Joseph Petrites brought this action for securities fraud against the brokerage firm of J. C. Bradford & Company and their salesman Rowland Hyde.1 The jury found for Petrites, awarding him $30,000 actual damages, $16,000 punitive damages from J. C. Bradford & Company, and $7,000 punitive damages from Hyde. Defendants challenge this verdict on several grounds...

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