UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO. v. RICKERT

Nos. 97-SC-715-DG, 98-SC-240-DG.

996 S.W.2d 464 (1999)

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE COMPANY and United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Appellants, v. John RICKERT, Appellee, and John Rickert, Cross-Appellant, v. United Parcel Service Company and United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied August 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony C. Coleman, Westfall, Talbott & Woods, Louisville, KY, D. Patton Pelfrey, Winston E. Miller, Charles E. Allen III, Brown, Todd & Heyburn PLLC, Louisville, KY, for appellants/cross-appellees.

Hollis L. Searcy, Claudia K. Grenough, Louisville, KY, Manley N. Feinberg, John Robert Shelton, Louisville KY, for appellee/cross-appellant.


WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed a circuit court jury verdict which awarded Rickert $746,516 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages on his claims of fraud and promissory estoppel.

The questions presented are whether Rickert proved as a matter of law fraud by clear and convincing evidence; whether there were material representations...

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