Legal Opinion
Everhart v. O'CHARLEY'S INC.
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided October 6, 2009No. COA08-1454PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEER, Judge.
Defendant O’Charley’s Inc. appeals from a judgment entered following a bifurcated trial in which plaintiff Katherine Hanna Everhart was awarded $10,000.00 in compensatory damages in the first phase of the trial and $350,000.00 in punitive damages in the second phase. The trial court subsequently reduced the punitive damages award to $250,000.00. On appeal, O’Charley’s only challenges the punitive damages award, arguing that the trial court erred in denying its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”) and its motion for a new trial as to the punitive damages phase.…
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