Columbus Railway, Power & Light Co. v. Harrison

(The single important question involved in this case is whether, in the trial of a personal injury action between a passenger and a common carrier for an assault upon the passenger by the employe of the common carrier, it constitutes reversible error to allow the introduction of testimony as to the financial wealth of the defendant, and to charge the jury that it may return a verdict for punitive damages; there being no allegation in the pleadings nor evidence upon the record, that the defendant committed, acquiesced in, or ratified, the assault, nor that defendant was negligent in employing…