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BUILDING STRUCTURES, INC. v. YOUNG

CC 90-9-141; CA A71758; SC S41820.

968 P.2d 1287 (1998)

328 Or. 100

BUILDING STRUCTURES, INC., an Oregon corporation, Respondent on Review, v. Gary C. YOUNG, Melody Young, and Young Equipment Sales Co., Inc., an Oregon corporation, Petitioners on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Resubmitted May 27, 1998.

Decided December 10, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay W. Beattie, of Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioners on review.

W. Theodore Guthrie, Portland, argued the cause and filed the response for respondent on review.

Before CARSON, Chief Justice, and GILLETTE, VAN HOOMISSEN, DURHAM, and KULONGOSKI, Justices.

DURHAM, J.

This action arises from a dispute over a contract to build a commercial building. Plaintiff brought four claims against defendants, including breach of contract and fraud. The jury returned a verdict and the court entered judgment for plaintiff. However, the court subsequently granted a new trial on the fraud claim, because the jury had awarded punitive damages but no compensatory damages for fraud.

Plaintiff appealed and the Court of Appeals held...

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