George v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.

STEPHENS, Judge.

I. Procedural History

On 30 June 2003, Albert George and Judy Canfield (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) were injured when the recreational vehicle (“RV”) in which they were traveling was struck in the rear by a bus operated by Antonio Ford (“Ford”) and owned by Greyhound Lines, Inc. (“Greyhound”) (collectively, “Defendants”). On 29 June 2005, Plaintiffs filed this action against Defendants seeking compensatory and punitive damages.

Defendants moved “to bifurcate the trial of the issues of liability for punitive damages and the amount of punitive damages, if any, from the issue of…