MORRIS v. MOUNTAIN STATES TEL. & TEL. CO.

No. 18266.

658 P.2d 1199 (1983)

Charles D. MORRIS dba Chuck's Enterprises, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Utah.

February 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Thurber, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff and appellant.

Floyd A. Jensen, Salt Lake City, for defendant and respondent.


OAKS, Justice:

This is an action by a customer against the Telephone Company for $40,000 lost profits (plus punitive damages) for omitting a commercial listing from the yellow pages.

In 1975, plaintiff signed a contract with the Telephone Company that expanded his standard business listing by three lines, which plaintiff used to describe his business and the brand names he carried. The contract contained this provision:

In case of error in the advertisement...

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