Legal Opinion
Mailloux v. Bradley
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided March 18, 1982No. 79CA0599PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERMAN, Judge.
Relative to a judgment on a claim for assault and battery, defendant Robert W. Bradley appeals on the sole issue of the amount of exemplary damages awarded plaintiff under § 13-21-102, C.R.S.1973. We affirm.
“[T]he reasonableness of the [exemplary] damages award[s] can be ascertained by examining the facts of the case to discover if the jury was impermissibly motivated by prejudice or properly guided by the purposes for exemplary damages.” Frick v. Abell, 198 Colo. 508, 602 P.2d 852 (1979).
The evidence and the inferences which may properly be deduced from such evidence viewed in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Frick v. AbellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1979
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- Mince v. ButtersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1980
- McNeill v. AllenColorado Court of Appeals · 1975
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