Bergeron v. Payne
Plaintiff Merlin Lee Bergeron operated a restaurant on property that he rented from defendant Clifton Payne, Sr., under a written lease agreement. Bergeron filed the instant action against Payne for breach of contract and intentional interference with contractual relationship based on Payne's alleged unreasonable refusal to consent to Bergeron's assignment of the lease to a third party who entered into a contract with Bergeron to purchase the restaurant. After entering judgment on a jury verdict awarding Bergeron compensatory and punitive damages, the court granted Payne's motion for new trial on all issues. Bergeron appeals the order granting a new trial, contending that the court abused its discretion by not limiting the new trial to the issue of damages. We affirm.
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