Cooper v. Barth

L. T. GRANT, Special Commissioner.

This is an appeal from so much of a judgment that awarded the sum of $7,500 punitive damages to the personal representative of the estate of Bryan Franklin Barth and the sum of $7,500 punitive damages to the personal representative of the estate of Rita Barth, as a result of an automobile accident that occurred on August 29, 1967. No appeal is taken from the award of compensatory damages to the personal representative of the two estates.

The sole question presented to the court as stated by appellant is whether or not the trial court committed error in…