Tuttle v. Raymond

VIOLETTE, Justice.

This action arises out of the serious injuries sustained by the plaintiff in an automobile collision involving the defendant. After a jury trial, the Superior Court, Andros-coggin County, entered a final judgment ordering the defendant to pay the plaintiff $50,000 in compensatory damages and $22,-000 in punitive damages. On appeal, the defendant challenges only the award of punitive damages. First, the defendant urges this Court to abolish common law punitive damages in Maine. Alternatively, the defendant contends that punitive damages are inappropriate as a matter of law on…