SPAETH v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA

No. 84-1766.

762 F.2d 865 (1985)

Sarah M. SPAETH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.B. Watson, Jr. (Richard K. Books and Sharon L. Taylor, with him on briefs), all of Watson & McKenzie, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Robert J. Emery, Oklahoma City, Okl. (James M. Gaitis of Emery McCandless & Gaitis, P.C. and Harry H. Selph, II and Stephen R. Stephens of Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, Oklahoma City, Okl., with him on briefs), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before McKAY, BREITENSTEIN and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

This case is before the court for the second time. See Spaeth v. Union Oil Company of California, 10 Cir., 710 F.2d 1455. The only question raised on the appeal is the amount of punitive damages. On the first appeal we held that the plaintiff-appellee, Spaeth, was entitled to recover punitive damages. Id. at 1460. This is the law of the case.

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