Released for Publication by Order of Court of Appeals April 30, 1981.
BRIGHTMIRE, Judge
The issue to be resolved is whether or not the amount of punitive damages set by the jury was so disproportionate to the actual damages awarded as to require the court, as a matter of law, to condemn it as excessive and as the result of "passion, prejudice, or improper sympathy" created by the prevailing party. We hold the record does not
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