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Jennifer Wood d/b/a Jenny Wood Interiors Wood sued Garrett Hamler p/k/a Sean Garrett Hamler for breach of contract, quantum meruit, and fraud relating to interior design services provided to Hamler by Wood. Alleging that Wood’s work was deficient, Hamler counterclaimed for breach of contract and recoupment/set-off. A jury rejected Hamler’s counterclaims and found for Wood in the amount of $168,944. The trial court entered judgment on the jury’s verdict. Hamler appeals, asserting that the trial court erred by denying his motion for directed verdict and excluding certain testimony. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. A trial court may direct a verdict only if there is no conflict in the evidence as to any material issue and the evidence introduced, with all reasonable deductions therefrom, demands a particular verdict.1 In reviewing a ruling on a motion for directed verdict, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the non-movant and affirm if any evidence supports the trial court’s decision.2

 
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