Legal Opinion
Budget Car Sales v. Stott
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1996No. 11A04-9403-CV-114PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on the Petition To Transfer filed by Appellee, Ralph Stott.
The Court notes that the Court of Appeals has applied an incorrect standard of review for the award of punitive damage by considering whether the evidence excluded every reasonable hypothesis of innocent conduct and by indicating that a defendant is cloaked with the presumption that tortious conduct was a noniniquitous human failing. Budget Car Sales v. Stott, 656 N.E.2d 261, 265 & 266 (Ind.Ct.App.1995). As explained in Bud Wolf Chevrolet, Inc. v. Robertson, 519 N.E.2d 135, 137-8 (Ind.1988),…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Erie Insurance v. Hickman Ex Rel. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1993
- Bud Wolf Chevrolet, Inc. v. RobertsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1988
- Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc. v. TrainaIndiana Supreme Court · 1986
- Erie Insurance Co. v. Hickman Ex Rel. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1992
- Budget Car Sales v. StottIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
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