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S & H Farm Supply v. Bad Boy

Docket 21-1121, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit (Jan. 19, 2021)
Gruender, Smith, Stras, presiding
Franchise (Appeals)
Case Type4196 Franchise
Tags4196 Franchise, 4196 Franchise
Plaintiff - Appellee S & H Farm Supply, Inc.
Defendant - Appellant Bad Boy, Inc.
S & H Farm Supply
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Document S & H Farm Supply v. Bad Boy, 21-1121 (8th Cir. Jan. 31, 2022)
Bad Boy appeals the district court’s denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of law; the admission of Brown’s testimony; the jury instructions; and the award of attorney’s fees, expenses, and bill of costs.
“We review the denial of a motion for judgment as a matter of law de novo, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury verdict.” Borchardt v. State Farm Fire & Cas.
The court need not adopt the language offered by the parties but must give an “instruction reflecting [a] party’s theory of the case if the instruction is legally correct and there is evidence to support it.” Essco Geometric v. Harvard Indus., 46 F.3d 718, 727 (8th Cir. 1995).
Bad Boy argues that the district court abused its discretion when it failed to instruct the jury on this ground for the 2018 termination of the dealership agreement because of the transfer of Wayne Schnelle’s ownership interest in S&H to his son Eric in 2012.
We review for an abuse of discretion an award of attorney’s fees, Vines v. Welspun Pipes Inc., 9 F.4th 849, 855 (8th Cir. 2021), expenses, Hernandez v. Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, 831 F.3d 940, 945 (8th Cir. 2016), and costs, Dindinger v. Allsteel, Inc., 853 F.3d 414, 431 (8th Cir. 2017).
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