KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORP. v. PEGRAM

No. COA97-997.

503 S.E.2d 417 (1998)

KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Roy T. PEGRAM, Larry W. Sharpe, S.J. Willard, James M. Wilson, Eastland Glass and Fabrication, Inc., E.G. Fabrication, Inc. and Precision Corrugated, Inc., A Subsidiary of Southern Prestige Industries, Inc., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A. by Martin L. Brackett, Jr. and Edward F. Hennessey, IV, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Eisele, Ashburn, Greene & Chapman, P.A. by John D. Greene, Statesville, for defendant-appellant Larry W. Sharpe.

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP by W. Mark Conger and Eugene H. Matthews, Winston-Salem, and Lassiter & Lassiter, P.A. by T. Michael Lassiter, Jr., Statesville, for defendant-appellee James M. Wilson.


EAGLES, Chief Judge.

I. Plaintiff's Appeal

We first consider whether plaintiff was entitled as a matter of law to damages on its Precision claim. Plaintiff argues that a victim of commercial bribery is entitled to recover at least the amount of the bribes as damages. Plaintiff contends that to allow Precision and Pegram to escape liability would frustrate public policy. Plaintiff additionally argues that the damages should be trebled based on the...

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