Legal Opinion
Flockhart v. Wyant
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided March 13, 1991No. 16971PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by defendant from a punitive damage award entered in a bifurcated jury trial. In the compensatory damage phase, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff Ian Flockhart in the amount of $15,156.70. A separate punitive damage trial was held to the same jury which awarded Flockhart punitive damages in the amount of $30,000.00. Also appealed is an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment n.o.v. and/or motion for a new trial, and defendant’s motion for remittitur. We affirm.
FACTS
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