Legal Opinion
Pezzarossi v. Nutt
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided December 7, 2012No. 2011-CA-000990-MRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LAMBERT, Judge.
Randy Pezzarossi has appealed from the judgment and order of the Jefferson Circuit Court denying his request to instruct the jury on punitive damages. We agree with Pezzarossi that he was entitled to an instruction on punitive damages in his fraud action. Therefore, we reverse the judgment of the circuit court and remand for a new trial on the issue of punitive damages.
On April 2, 2008, Pezzarossi filed a verified complaint in Oldham Circuit Court1 seeking compensatory and punitive damages against Gilbert Nutt for fraudulent misrepresentation related to the repayment of…
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