Legal Opinion
Ramada Hotel Operating Co. v. Shaffer
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided August 19, 1991No. 29A02-9007-CV-412PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Judge.
Ramada Hotel Operating Company appeals from a jury verdict on Robert Shaffer's complaint for compensatory and punitive damages for personal injury. The jury found in Shaffer's favor and awarded him $999,000.00 in compensatory damages and $2,791,580.00 in punitive damages. The Ramada Hotel Operating Company claims that the trial court should not have permit ted the jury to award punitive damages and that the jury improperly awarded punitive damages calculated solely with improperly admitted evidence. Because we reverse, we will decide only the issue dispositive of this appeal,…
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