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warshawlawAppellate Court of Connecticut.
DAVID NAUGHTON v. ALAN HAGER
- 29 Conn. App. 181 -, - 614 A.2d 852 -
Docket No(s). 10551
[here are the jury’s answers to some of the special verdict questions—special verdicts are used to ask the jury to make specific findings of fact relative to the controversy]
Interrogatory No. 6. Do you find that defendant Alan Hager breached the contract between the parties by transferring overgraded coins whose verifiable wholesale value was less than 20 percent of retail value?
Answer: Yes.
Interrogatory No. 7. Do you find that the defendant Alan Hager knowingly falsely represented the grading and wholesale value of coins he transferred to David Naughton as higher than 19 percent of retail value, when that was untrue, and that he did so to induce Naughton to act on it and that he did so to his financial loss?
Answer: Yes.
Interrogatory No. 8. Do you find that defendant Hager in the course of his coin dealer business supplied false grading and valuation information regarding the coins delivered to Naughton for Naughton's guidance and that he failed to exercise reasonable care or competence in obtaining or supplying the information to Naughton for the purpose of inducing action on it, and that plaintiff Naughton did so act to his financial loss?
Answer: Yes.
I'd not want to deal with a guy like this....