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MAXWELL v. GALLAGHER

Nos. 96-CV-199, 96-CV-591.

709 A.2d 100 (1998)

James S. MAXWELL, and Robert H. Bear, Appellants, v. Eugene J. GALLAGHER, Daniel J. O'Lone, and Gallagher & Co., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Whaley, Rockville, MD, for appellants.

George A. Fisher, with whom Jacob A. Stein, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellees.

Before STEADMAN, FARRELL, and REID, Associate Judges.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

This appeal from a judgment and award of damages for breach of fiduciary duty requires us, inter alia, to consider once again the relationship between compensatory (or actual) and punitive damages. Because the trial judge as factfinder expressly found that the appellees (counter-claimants) had not proven a basis for an award of actual damages, we hold that the judge's award of punitive damages...

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