Lira v. Davis

This case requires us to consider the interrelationship of the comparative negligence, the pro rata liability, and the exemplary damages statutes, to construe the exemplary damages statute, which limits the amount of exemplary damages to the amount of “actual damages awarded,” and to determine whether prejudgment interest should be applied to an exemplary damages award.

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Jeffrey A. Davis, respondent, brought an action against Joel Lira, petitioner, and David Gutierrez, Edgar Gunn, and Jim Cannon for injuries suffered as a result of an automobile accident which occurred in January 1988. The…