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FRILEY v. INTERNATIONAL PLAYTEX, INC.

No. 82-4103-CV-C-5.

604 F.Supp. 126 (1984)

Sandra FRILEY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. INTERNATIONAL PLAYTEX, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Missouri, W.D.

August 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger C. Brown, Jefferson City, Mo., for plaintiffs.

Thomas O. Baker, Thomas N. Sterchi, Kansas City, Mo., for defendant.

ORDER

SCOTT O. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

Before entering judgment in this strict products liability/negligence case, the Court must consider whether the jury's punitive damage award must be reduced by the plaintiff's percentage of fault. Missouri law, which has only recently adopted a system of comparative fault, has not addressed this issue. Nevertheless, Missouri law is quite clear that punitive damage awards are intended not to compensate the plaintiff, but...

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