Robinson v. Ellis

Miller, Judge.

Following jury awards of compensatory and punitive damages in their favor, Lonnie and Barbara Robinson appeal. On appeal they contend that (1) the jury’s punitive damages award in their favor was erroneously contradictory and inadequate because different amounts were awarded to each of them, and (2) the trial court erred in allowing the defendant to testify regarding her husband’s death and her ill father, and preventing them from presenting evidence regarding the defendant’s past drinking history on cross-examination. We discern no error and affirm.

The record reveals that the…