Fleegel v. Estate of Boyles

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Monica Fleegel sought compensatory and punitive damages from a drunk driver, Michael Boyles,1 who injured her in a car accident. The jury awarded Fleegel compensatory damages, but although it found that punitive damages were warranted, it made no monetary award for punitive damages. On appeal Fleegel appeals a number of the trial court’s evidentiary rulings, and Boyles cross-appeals the trial court’s award of attorney’s fees to Fleegel. Because the trial court did .not abuse its discretion in its evi-dentiary rulings and because it appropriately…