Computerized Store Systems, Inc. v. Compaq Computer Corp.

MEMORANDUM *

Compaq Computer Corporation (“Compaq”) appeals the district court’s judgment denying its renewed Motion for Judgment as Matter of Law (“JMOL”) and granting prejudgment interest to Computerized Store Systems, Inc., d/b/a Convenient Automation (“Convenient”), following a jury’s verdict awarding Convenient $3,245,000 in compensatory damages and $2 million in *522 punitive damages. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we will not recount it here.

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Compaq concedes liability for purposes of this appeal, but asserts that the jury’s damage verdict was not supported by substantial evidence. We apply an extremely deferential standard of review to challenges to the sufficiency of evidence to support a verdict. Pavao v. Pagay, 307 F.3d 915, 918 (9th Cir.2002). We will uphold a jury’s verdict if it is supported by “substantial evidence.” Id. Substantial evidence is evidence adequate to support the jury’s conclusion, even if it is possible to draw a contrary conclusion from the same evidence. Id. Thus, to reverse the district court’s denial of Compaq’s motion for…