Court Opinion

ID: 9715957
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 06:21:33.371356+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:40.229243
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CONOVER, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent.
Future lost profits cannot be awarded in this action. The term of Wood's lease ended on July 31st, and she was granted no renewal of it. She was no longer one of the mall's tenants. Thus, future profits were a legal impossibility at that location.
Also, no punitive damages can be assessed in this case. Without an award of compensatory damages, punitive damages cannot be awarded. Jochem v. Kerstiens (1986) Ind.App., 498 N.E.2d 1241; Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. Cone (1986) Ind.App., 492 N.E.2d 61, reh. den'd., trans. den'd.
I would vote to reverse and remand with instructions to enter judgment for the defendant.