United States Eighth Circuit

There was sufficient evidence to support plaintiff's claim that defendant tortiously interfered with his contract to receive a commission from the sale of environmental remediation equipment where (1) defendant was angry to learn about plaintiff's contract; (2) wrote to the company that plaintiff contracted with, that it had no longer needed to have contact with plaintiff; and (3) that without defendant's interference, plaintiff's contract would not have been breached. In addition, a reasonable jury had sufficient evidence to show that defendant acted with reckless indifference to plaintiff's rights to support an award of punitive damages.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/07/2002
• Published 06/07/2002

Judges

• HEANEY, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, HEANEY and RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patrick J. Kaine, argued, Kansas City, MO (George P. Coughlin, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kent R. McGuire, argued, Oklahoma City, OK (John D. Hadden, on the brief), for appellee.