HOFF v. BOWER

No. 17808.

492 N.W.2d 912 (1992)

Ernie HOFF and John Ganje, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Craig BOWER and Midwest Paint Service, Inc., a corporation, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 25, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester A. Groseclose, Jr., Richardson, Groseclose, Kornmann & Wyly, and Robert M. Ronayne of Ronayne & Richards, Aberdeen, for plaintiffs and appellees.

Dennis Maloney of Maloney, Kolker, Fritz, Hogan & Johnson, Aberdeen, for defendants and appellants.


SABERS, Justice.

Ernie Hoff (Hoff) and John Ganje (Ganje) sued defendants for breach of employment contract and negligent, reckless, intentional or fraudulent misrepresentation. The jury found for plaintiffs on intentional or fraudulent misrepresentation and awarded compensatory and punitive damages. Defendants appeal. We affirm.

FACTS

On Sunday, February 3, 1991, Hoff and Ganje responded to an advertisement placed in the Aberdeen American News...

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