M R & R Trucking Co. v. Griffin

WIGGINTON, Acting Chief Judge.

Defendants have appealed a final judgment based upon a jury verdict awarding plaintiff both compensatory and punitive damages. The appeal challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, ánd questions the excessiveness of the damages awarded.

Appellee sued appellants in an action at law seeking both compensatory and punitive damages for personal injuries sustained by him as a result of an intentional tort-committed by appellant Dukes while acting within the scope of his authority as an employee of the corporate defendant, M R & R Trucking…