Takes v. Metropolitan Edison Co.

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

The issue before this Court is whether the Superior Court erred in affirming the trial court’s finding that Appellee timely objected to a flawed punitive damages charge. Because we conclude that Appellee failed to timely and specifically object, we reverse the Superior Court’s decision as it pertains to the punitive damages issue.

Appellee, Metropolitan Edison Company (“Met-Ed”), is a utility company which supplies electricity to eastern Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1987, Met-Ed decided to have several of its electrical substations painted. Appellant, Steven Takes…