Tiller v. Hobart Corp.

OPINION AND ORDER

JONES, District Judge.

The question before the court is whether the plaintiff in this diversity product liability case has made sufficiently detailed allegations in her initial pleading in order to properly assert a claim for punitive damages or whether, on the other hand, the allegations are improperly vague and conclusory. In light of the purposes of federal pleading, I find that the claim is sufficiently alleged and deny a motion to dismiss under rule 12(b)(6).

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The plaintiff Deanna Gail Tiller alleged in her suit papers that on March 11, 1997, while working at her job at a…