Pettus v. Shafer

MERRILL, Justice.

Appellant recovered a judgment for $15,000.00 as punitive damages against Ron Shafer, individually, and d/b/a Ron Shafer Chevrolet Company, and Terry McDonald, in connection with the sale of a pickup truck. The trial court granted a motion for a new trial conditioned upon plaintiff’s remittance of all damages in excess of $1,093.00. Plaintiff declined and appealed from the order granting a new trial.

We do not propose to detail the evidence because we affirm the action of the trial court in granting the motion for a new trial, and we do not want to prejudice that trial.

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