Ferris v. Harkins

OPINION BY JOHNSON, J.:

¶ 1 Dr. Asit Patel (Patel) appeals from the trial court orders vacating a jury’s verdict awarding Linda Perris (Ferris) zero damages arid granting Ferris’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and awarding Ferris $1,000,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. The trial court found that the evidence was such that no two reasonable minds could disagree that Patel was a factual cause of harm to Ferris and that based upon the jury’s verdict, Ferris was due punitive damages. Patel initially contends that the trial court erred in finding that he waived all…