Boatsman v. Southwestern Bell Yellow Pages, Inc.

concurring in part, dissenting in part.

I fully concur in the majority's opinion until Paragraph 24. On this issue, considering the ample award of $41,856.86 in compensatory damages, the jury's award of $58,-143.14 1 in exemplary damages strikes me as manifestly unreasonable, grossly excessive, likely the product of the jury's sympathy or prejudice, and "larger than reason dictates to be necessary to deter such conduct in this defendant and others similarly situated." Buzzard v. Farmers Ins. Co., Inc., 1991 OK 127, ¶ 54, 824 P.2d 1105, 1116; Chandler v. Denton, 1987 OK 38, ¶ 30, 741 P.2d 855,…