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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. v. The Madison Hotel, Inc., 513 F.2d 407 (1975)

Citation
Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. v. The Madison Hotel, Inc., 513 F.2d 407 (1975)
Parent Document
Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. v. The Madison Hotel, Inc., 513 F.2d 407 (1975)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1975-05-22

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The Madison Hotel, Inc. (Madison) and Marshall B. Coyne, its president, appeal from a judgment awarding damages to Camalier & Buckley-Madison, Inc. (Ca-malier) on account of Madison’s termination of a lease into which it had entered with Camalier. The judgment rests upon a verdict directed by the trial judge on the issue of liability, and the amount of damages set by the jury following submission of that issue to it. Presented for review are questions of construction and operation of key provisions of the lease, and of the propriety of some of the instructions given the jury on damages. We find that the direction of the verdict was erroneous, and that the error fatally infected the verdict on damages also. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment and remand the case for a full retrial. I. THE FACTUAL BACKGROUND