Adamson v. Bicknell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Biles, J.:

Kody Bicknell seeks our review of a Court of Appeals decision permitting Tammy Adamson to pursue punitive damages in her lawsuit against him after Bicknell rear-ended Adamson’s vehicle at a train crossing. The punitive damages claim was based, in part, on BicknelTs positive screening in a postcollision test for marijuana and cocaine, on his admission that he was smoking marijuana approximately 4 hours before the collision, and on a significant quantity of marijuana discovered in BicknelTs vehicle. He later acknowledged his drug consumption…