Bullet Express, Inc. v. New Way Logistics, Inc.

After bench trial,m court found that Defendant was liable to Plaintiff for tortious interference with a prospective economic advantage, and awarded $45,141 in lost profits, plus punitive damages. Defendant picked up and refused to deliver 2 cargo loads that Plaintiff had hired Defendant to deliver to a customer, which Defendant did in an attempt to force Plaintiff to pay Defendant funds that Plaintiff allegedly owed Defendant. Ample evidence in record supports inference that it was defendant's conduct that caused a customer to cease doing business with Plaintiff. No abuse of discretion in court awarding $22,000 in punitive damages on tortious interference count. (HALL and REYES, concurring.)