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Ferrell V. Elrod 469
Standard of Review If profits can be shown with reasonable certainty, there is no reason to penalize the enterprise of the founder of a new business by denying remedy for losses occasioned by the default of the defendant. Ferrell v. Elrod 469 S.W. 2d at 686
...for fiduciary relationship
The courts have determined that a “fiduciary relationship exists when one imposes a special confidence in another, so that the latter, in equity and good conscience, is bound to act in good faith and with due regard to the interests of the one imposing the confidence. Seybert v. Cominco Alaska Exploration, 182 P .3d 1079 (Alaska 2008)
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II. The Superior Court Erred in Granting JNOV to Trimble. A. On a JNOV appeal, the court must

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