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KAMLAR CORP. v. HALEY

Record No. 801166.

299 S.E.2d 514 (1983)

KAMLAR CORPORATION v. Jesse C. HALEY, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray H. Wright, Richmond (McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Andrew J. Ellis, Jr., Richmond (M. Scott Hart; Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ.

RUSSELL, Justice.

This case requires that we reexamine the availability of punitive damages to a party aggrieved by a breach of contract. Jesse C. Haley, Jr. brought an action against Kamlar Corporation for breach of a written five-year contract of employment. The motion for judgment also included counts alleging fraud, conspiracy, insulting words and libel against Kamlar and three of its individual employees. The tort counts were either nonsuited or struck by the...

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