Zender v. Vlasic Foods Inc‪.‬

Jim Zender, the plaintiff in this diversity case, appeals from decisions of the district court, after the return of a jury verdict in his favor, granting judgment against him as a matter of law on his claims for breach and bad-faith denial of contract and ordering a new trial on his tort claims for intentional interference with economic relationship, intentional misrepresentation, and concealment of material facts. In addition, he appeals from the district courts subsequent grant of summary judgment to the defendant on the tort claims on which a new trial was granted. We need not set forth the factual background and procedural history of this appeal in detail because the parties are familiar with them. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1291. We affirm in part and reverse in part.