Miller Brewing Co. v. Best Beers of Bloomington, Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
SHARPNACK, Judge.
Defendant Miller Brewing Co. appeals the judgment of the Monroe Superior Court awarding plaintiff Best Beers of Blooming-ton, Inc. $897,000.00 in compensatory damages and $1,989,260.00 in punitive damages. We affirm the award of compensatory damages, and we affirm the judgment insofar as it finds Miller liable for punitive damages, but we reverse and remand for a new trial limited to a determination of the appropriate amount of punitive damages.
ISSUES
Miller presents seven issues for our review on appeal. We expand and restate these issues as follows:
1. Was the award of…
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