REXNORD, INC. v. FERRIS

CA 19104; SC 28419.

657 P.2d 673 (1983)

294 Or. 392

REXNORD, INC., a Wisconsin Corporation, and Nordberg Manufacturing Company (S.A.) (Pty) Ltd., a South Africa Corporation, Petitioners On Review, v. Reginald J. FERRIS, Helser Machine Works, Inc., an Oregon Corporation, and Reginald J. Ferris and W. Don Miller, Doing Business As Steton U.S.A., Respondents On Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided January 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm E. Wheeler, Los Angeles, Cal., argued the cause for petitioners on review. With him on the briefs and the petition were Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, Los Angeles, Cal., and Fredric A. Yerke, James N. Westwood, and Miller, Nash, Yerke, Wiener & Hager, Portland.

William E. Hurley, Portland, argued the cause for respondent on review. On the brief were Michael B. Wallstein, and Bernard, Hurley, Crawford & Kneeland, Portland.

Before DENECKE, C.J., and LENT, LINDE, PETERSON, TANZER, and CAMPBELL, JJ.


PETERSON, Justice.

The plaintiffs filed a complaint against the defendants seeking injunctive relief, compensatory damages and punitive damages.1 The trial court, sitting without a jury, enjoined the defendants and awarded general damages. Although the trial court found that tortious conduct had been proved of a nature to support an award of punitive damages of $35,000, the court refused to award punitive damages, and instead entered a...

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