McDONALD'S CORP. v. Ogborn

OPINION

ACREE, Judge.

The defendant below, McDonald’s Corporation, appeals the November 15, 2007, judgment of the Bullitt Circuit Court awarding both compensatory and punitive damages to Louise Ogborn, the plaintiff below, and Donna J. Summers, a defendant and cross-claimant below. We affirm the judgment of the Bullitt Circuit Court except as to the punitive damages awarded to Summers, which we reduce to comport with constitutional due process. 1

I. Facts and Procedure

Between 1994 and 2004, an unknown individual placed a series of hoax telephone calls to McDonald’s and other fast food…