Legal Opinion
Nelly Buziashvili, Individually and as Widow of Michael Buziashvili v. James Inman and Veanna Inman
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1997No. 96-5209PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.
In this wrongful death action, defendants appeal from a jury verdict awarding $500,000 in compensatory damages and $300,000 in punitive damages. Joint and several liability was imposed upon the husband and wife defendants.
On appeal, defendants claim error in a number of particulars that we will discuss. Upon examining the entire trial record, we conclude that the judgment against James Inman should be affirmed but the judgment entered against his wife, Veanna, should be vacated.
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The decedent, Michael Buziashvili, immigrated with his family to the United…
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