Legal Opinion
Hospital Authority v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 22, 1989No. 46956PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Justice.
This case raises issues regarding punitive damages: whether the award is authorized under the facts of this case, whether the award is excessive, and whether punitive damages are constitutional under the excessive fines, equal protection, and due process clauses of our state and federal constitutions.
On May 20, 1985, William Harold O’Kelley was severely burned over seventy percent of his body from a fire caused by a head-on collision between his truck and a car in Gwinnett County. Emergency personnel responding to the accident immediately called for a medivac helicopter to…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Ingraham v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Smith v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Gamble v. StevensonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
- West v. NodvinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- MacK Trucks, Inc. v. ConkleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Hospital Authority v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Moody v. DykesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
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