Salter v. Jameson

Plaintiffs sought damages against defendant based on claimed breach of duty of loyalty and tortious interference with prospective contractual relations. From a judgment awarding plaintiffs $30,000 compensatory damages and $10,000 punitive damages, defendant appeals. He raises four issues: (1) whether defendant had a duty of loyalty and, if he did, whether he breached it; (2) whether defendants actions interfered with plaintiffs prospective relations with their patients and with a prospective sale of the Questa practice; (3) whether the compensatory damage award is supported by substantial evidence; and (4) whether an award of punitive damages was proper in this case.