SIMONEAU v. NORTHERN TERMINALS, INC.

No. 85-425.

569 A.2d 483 (1989)

Marcel SIMONEAU v. NORTHERN TERMINALS, INC., The Justin Corporation, and The Morgan Corporation.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome F. O'Neill and Geoffrey W. Crawford of Manchester & O'Neill, P.C., Burlington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert J. Perry, South Burlington, for defendants-appellants.

Before ALLEN, C.J., PECK and MAHADY, JJ., and CONNARN, D.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


MAHADY, Justice.

Northern Terminals, Inc. (Northern) appeals from a superior court decision awarding compensatory and punitive damages for its failure to honor plaintiff's preemptive right of first refusal to purchase property which plaintiff leased from Northern in Burlington. We affirm the judgment as to liability but reverse the trial court's award of damages.

I. Background

Northern acquired the parcel in question, 315 Shelburne Road, Burlington...

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