Legal Opinion
Calmes v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided August 21, 1991No. 90-288PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
Calmes appeals to this court the reversal of the punitive damage award and the failure to award him compensatory damages from *473Goodyear reflecting fault assigned to Pettibone on the basis of joint and several liability. On cross-appeal, Goodyear asserts that product misuse is a complete defense barring any recovery, that the absence of a general verdict bars the entry of judgment on inconsistent jury interrogatory answers, and that a new trial is warranted due to trial misconduct by Calmes’s counsel.
I
We will first address the propriety of the punitive damages award. The court of appeals…
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