These companion appeals arise from a dispute over a family business. In the aftermath of the son Jim’s resignation from his father’s sports marketing company, Lou Robustelli Marketing Services, Inc. Robustelli Marketing, Lou’s company sued Jim, his wife Sandra, and their new company, Robustelli Sports & Events Marketing, Inc. RSEM “the defendants”, for breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, and other wrongs. After the denial of the defendants’ motion for directed verdict, and at the conclusion of a trial, a jury awarded Robustelli Marketing $31,653 for breach of fiduciary duty and $12,650.30 for conversion, but granted zero damages for tortious interference with business relations and misappropriation of trade secrets.1 The jury also awarded Robustelli Marketing $92,000 in attorney fees, but refused to award punitive damages. In Case No. A07A0813, Robustelli Marketing appeals the portion of the verdict concerning tortious interference and misappropriation of trade secrets on the ground that it was inconsistent with the evidence. In Case No. A07A0868, the defendants argue that the trial court erred when it denied their motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We affirm in Case No. A07A0813 and affirm in part in Case No. A07A0868, but also reverse in part, vacate in part, and order a new trial on the question of damages and fees arising from Jim’s breach of fiduciary duty. For this Court to overturn a jury’s verdict, it must be “so flagrantly excessive or inadequate, in light of the evidence, as to create a clear implication of bias, prejudice, or gross mistake on the part of the jurors.” Citation and punctuation omitted. Morris v. Savannah Valley Realty , 233 Ga. App. 762, 765 4 505 SE2d 259 1998. In other words, if there is any evidence to support the jury’s verdict, we cannot disturb it. Bishop Contracting Co. v. North Ga. Equip. Co. , 203 Ga. App. 655, 657 1 417 SE2d 400 1992. On appeal from a trial court’s rulings on motions for directed verdict and j.n.o.v., we review and resolve the evidence and any doubts or ambiguities in favor of the verdict; directed verdicts and judgments n.o.v. are not proper unless there is no conflict in the evidence as to any material issue and the evidence introduced, with all reasonable deductions therefrom, demands a certain verdict. Citation omitted. James E. Warren, M.D., P.C. v. Weber & Warren Anesthesia Svcs. , 272 Ga. App. 232, 235 2 612 SE2d 17 2005.
So viewed, the record shows that in 1978, Lucian Lou and Helen Robustelli founded Robustelli Marketing in Stamford, Connecticut. Their son Jim began working for the company shortly thereafter. In 1994, Jim and his wife moved to Georgia and incorporated a business under the same name as a Georgia corporation, with Jim serving as president and Sandra performing clerical work. Robustelli Marketing’s principal source of revenue at and after this time was the marketing of corporate events in connection with The Masters Tournament in Augusta.
