Legal Opinion
Stroud v. Lints
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 25, 2003No. 20S04-0306-CV-275PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
Following a bench trial, the trial court in this personal injury case awarded approximately $1.4 million in compensatory and $500,000 in punitive damages against the defendant. The defendant appealed the $500,000 punitive damages award, claiming the amount was excessive, and the Court of Appeals affirmed, finding that the award was not an abuse of the trial court’s discretion. We grant transfer in this case and hold that the amount of punitive damages awarded by a trial court is subject to appellate review de novo. Applying that standard, and given the…
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