Wang

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant Ya Hui Wang (also known as Emily Wang) marketed and sold employer-sponsored retirement plans to school district employees through her affiliation with appellant The TDS Group, Inc. (TDS), a retirement plan administrator. Wang and TDS had resolved Wang’s previous wrongful termination action with two settlement agreements that were intended to create their future working relationship. In the present action, Wang alleges that TDS failed to comply with the terms of the settlement agreements. Her complaint includes causes of action for breach of contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, intentional interference with economic relationship, and intentional interference with prospective business relationship. The matter proceeded to a jury trial that concluded in a special verdict awarding Wang more than $4 million on all causes of action. In posttrial motions, the trial court granted TDS’s motion for new trial on the breach of contract cause of action and also granted TDS’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the tort causes of action for intentional interference with economic relationship and intentional interference with…