Legal Opinion
Sand Hill Energy, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided May 16, 2002No. 1999-SC-1028-DG, 1999-SC-1029-DG, 2000-SC-0444-DGPublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAMBERT, Chief Justice.
Upon a jury verdict in a products liability action claiming wrongful death, the Estate of Tommy Smith (“the Estate”) recovered judgment against Ford Motor Company (“Ford”) for three million dollars in compensatory damages and twenty million dollars in punitive damages. The Court of Appeals of Kentucky reversed the judgment on grounds of misallocation of peremptory challenges and ordered a new trial. It did not reach the other issues raised on appeal. We granted discretionary review to the Estate on the issue decided by the Court of Appeals. We also granted Ford’s…
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