Takes v. Metropolitan Edison Co.

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

In this case the appellees, Takes, were awarded verdicts for compensatory damages totaling $1,460,414, including $500,000 for pain and suffering for Mr. Takes and $150,000 loss of consortium damages for Mrs. Takes. An award of $3,000,000 was made for punitive damages.1 A core issue in the post-trial motions and on appeal in this court is the propriety of the court’s charge and a special interrogatory given to the jury as they relate to the definition of punitive damages — that is, whether the court improperly allowed the jury to consider negligence standards in their…