Ainsworth v. Franklin County Cheese Corp.

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• explaining that punitive damages may be awarded when breach of contract has “character,” if not all of the elements, of a “willful and wanton or fraudulent tort” that must include or be accompanied by malice (quotation and emphasis omitted)
• finding no error in submitting punitive damage issue to jury where employee alleged that employer fabricated grounds for termination to deny severance package
• sufficient evidence for jury finding that reason given for termination was pretext to avoid severance allowance

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