Flood Ex Rel. Oakley v. Holzwarth

PHILLIP R. GARRISON, Presiding Judge.

Richard N. Holzwarth (“Holzwarth”) and Shepherd, Inc. (“Shepherd, Inc.”) (collectively referred to as “Defendants”) appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict against them for compensatory and punitive damages in favor of Toni R. Flood (“Flood”), by and through her next friend Jeanine Oakley (“Oakley”) (collectively referred to as “Plaintiff’) stemming from a collision between a tractor trailer and a van. 1 We affirm.

On January 18, 2002, at approximately 8:20 a.m., fourteen-year-old Flood was a passenger in a van driven by Chad Murphy (“Murphy”) that…