Tracye Currie v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

In this diversity case controlled by Georgia law, defendants Chevron U.S.A., Inc. and Chevron Stations, Inc. (collectively “Chevron”) appeal the entry of a $2,625,000 judgment against them for negligently causing the death of Nodiana Antoine (“Antoine”). Antoine’s mother Tracye Currie (“Currie”) brought this wrongful death suit against Chevron, alleging that Antoine died of burns she received after Chevron’s employee, Jyotika Shukla (“Shukla”), negligently activated a gas pump for Anjail Muhammad (“Muhammad”). More specifically, Currie contended at trial that Chevron’s Shukla negligently…