Harrell v. Travelers Indemnity Co.

*201TONGUE, J.

This is an action to collect from an insurance company a judgment of $25,000 in punitive damages entered against defendant’s insured for reckless driving. Plaintiff appeals from a trial court decision on stipulated facts that defendant insurance company is not liable.

Plaintiff was injured in a collision with an automobile driven by defendant’s insured, Mrs. Linnie Ames. The jury returned verdicts against Mrs. Ames for $70,000 in compensatory damages and $25,000 in punitive damages. The award of punitive damages, based on evidence that defendant’s insured had been guilty of reckless…