Opinion ID: 2590706
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: verdict supported by the evidence

Text: ¶ 19 Hanna complains that the evidence does not support the verdict. There is evidence on which a jury could find that Hanna contracted with B-Star to use Gedney's original formula and to refrain from making changes to the formula without Gedney's written permission. Without any preserved objection, the trial court instructed the jury that the parties agreed there was an oral implied contract. B-Star presented evidence that Hanna made changes to the formula without Gedney's written permission, Gedney stopped ordering the fire stop products from B-Star after the changes and the problems associated therewith, and B-Star suffered damages in an amount between $1,222,591.00 and $1,806,766.00 as a result of Hanna's unauthorized formula changes. ¶ 20 Hanna's primary complaint that the award is not supported by the evidence regards the amount of damages. The amount of damages is a jury question. Carris v. John R. Thomas and Assoc., P.C., 1995 OK 33, ¶ 15, 896 P.2d 522, 529. [W]here the amount of the verdict is within the limits of the evidence, we will not invade the jury's province and substitute our judgment as a fact-finding tribunal. Fowler v. Lincoln County Conservation Dist., 2000 OK 96, ¶ 18, 15 P.3d 502, 508. There was competent evidence on which the jury could award B-Star damages in the amount of $1,222,591.00.