Legal Opinion
Cole v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 10, 1998No. 72045PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARY M. GAERTNER, Judge.
Appellant/Cross-Respondent, the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (“Goodyear”), appeals the judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, after a jury found for Respondent/Cross-Appellant, Kevin L. Cole (“plaintiff’), on his personal injury-negligence action against Goodyear and awarded plaintiff $7,800,000 in compensatory damages and $18,400,000 in punitive damages. The compensatory damages award was reduced, first by 25% by reason of the finding plaintiff was 25% eontributorily at fault, and then to reflect plaintiffs settlement made with another…
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- Fust v. FrancoisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995
- Arnold v. Ingersoll-Rand Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1992
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