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OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. v. GOLIGHTLY

No. 96-SC-970-DG.

976 S.W.2d 409 (1998)

OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Carl GOLIGHTLY; and Dorothy Golightly, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald K. Brown, Jr., Gerald R. Toner, John L. Dotson, James P. Grohmann, Eric A. Paine, O'Bryan, Brown & Toner, Louisville, for appellant.

James W. Owens, Paducah, P. Jay Cone, II, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, Kenneth L. Sales, Joseph D. Satterley, Segal, Isenberg, Sales, Stewart, Cutler & Tillman, Louisville, for appellees.

COOPER, Justice.

A McCracken Circuit Court jury returned verdicts in this products liability action in favor of Appellee Carl Golightly against Appellant Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation (OCF) in the sums of $290,000.00 for compensatory damages and $435,000.00 for punitive damages. The trial judge overruled OCF's post-judgment motions and the Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted discretionary review primarily to address whether the award of punitive damages was...

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