Legal Opinion
Clark v. Cantrell
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided August 10, 1998No. 2879PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEARN, Judge:
Respondents John Kevin Clark and Maggie Lee Anderson brought this negligence action against Annette Rochelle Cantrell after an automobile wreck between Anderson and Cantrell. The jury returned a verdict finding Cantrell eighty-four percent at fault and liable for actual and punitive damages totaling $78,000 and $25,750, respectively. The trial court reduced actual damages by sixteen percent in proportion to Anderson’s comparative negligence. Cantrell appeals, claiming the trial judge should have similarly apportioned the punitive damages and alleging numerous other errors. We…
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