Montgomery Ward v. Wilson

I dissent. I agree with the Court of Special Appeals when it concluded that the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County “correctly instructed the jury that a finding of implied malice could support an award of punitive damages in this case.” Montgomery Ward v. Wilson, 101 Md.App. 535, 548-49, 647 A.2d 1218, 1225 (1994). See also my dissenting opinions in Owens-Illinois v. Zenobia, 325 Md. 420, 478, 601 A.2d 633, 661 (1992) and Komornik v. Sparks, 331 Md. 720, 740, 629 A.2d 721, 731 (1993).

Nor do I agree with the majority’s conclusion that “[t]he evidence at trial did not suggest that…