Lakin v. Senco Products, Inc.

Defendant Senco Products, Inc., appeals from a judgment awarding plaintiffs John and Ann Marie Lakin compensatory and punitive damages, following a jury trial on product liability and loss of consortium claims. Those claims arose from an incident in which John Lakin was severely injured while using a nail gun that defendant manufactured and sold. Defendant raises 17 assignments of error pertaining, inter alia, to the trial court’s denial of a directed verdict on liability, the sufficiency of plaintiffs’ proof of entitlement to punitive damages, and the alleged excessiveness of the punitive…