RUBECK v. HUFFMAN

No. 77-579.

54 Ohio St. 2d 20 (1978)

RUBECK, EXR., APPELLEE, v. HUFFMAN, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided April 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John David Jones, Mr. Robert F. Hendricks and Mr. Louis A. Ginocchio, for appellee.

Messrs. Graham & Graham, Mr. Thomas R. Bopeley, Messrs. Ross, Davis & Baran, Mr. Gregory G. Baran and Mr. Edward C. Baran, for appellant.


Per Curiam.

The main issue raised herein is whether the trial court erred when it granted, and the Court of Appeals erred when it upheld, an award of punitive damages in the instant cause.

Although the Court of Appeals ruled that punitive damages are not available in wrongful death actions, it affirmed the trial court's award of those damages by finding that, in the instant cause, a survival cause of action had been alleged and evidence suffcient to...

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