Freeman v. Anderson

Frank Holt, Justice.

This case arises from an automobile accident in which the appellee George Anderson forced another vehicle across the center line and into the path of the appellant’s oncoming vehicle. The appellee did not stop at the scene of the accident. In her pleadings the appellant requested, in addition to compensatory damages, punitive damages in the amount of $100,000, alleging the appellee’s fleeing the scene showed a willful and wanton disregard for her welfare. At trial, the appellees stated that they would admit liability conditioned upon the court’s ruling that punitive…