Blum v. Worley

SMITH, Judge.

Plaintiffs bring forward three assignments of error based on the failure of the trial court to give requested jury instructions. The requested, but denied instructions, include those for: (1) punitive damages; (2) intrinsic value damages resulting from defendants’ trespass; and (3) use of criminal statutes regarding trespass to land.

We agree the trial court erred in its refusal to charge on the punitive damages issue. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial on punitive damages. However, we find plaintiffs’ other assign ments of error without merit and affirm the…