Legal Opinion
Parker v. Four Seasons Hotels, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 6, 2017No. 16-1244PublishedCited by 421 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Diane Parker was injured when a sliding glass door in the bathroom of her Four Seasons Hotel room shattered. The hotel admitted negligence and a jury awarded Parker $20,000 in compensatory damages, which was reduced to $12,000 after a motion for set-off was granted. The district court declined Parker’s request to put the question of punitive damages to the jury, finding her evidence insufficient as a matter of law. We reverse and remand for further proceedings on the question of punitive damages.
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