BISHOP v. GRDINA

No. 84-1861.

20 Ohio St. 3d 26 (1985)

BISHOP ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. GRDINA ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. & Assoc. Co., L.P.A., Joseph W. Diemert, Jr. and Thomas M. Hanculak, for appellants.

Bernard, Haffey & Bosco Co., L.P.A., Edward G. Bohnert and J. Ross Haffey, Jr., for appellees.


Per Curiam.

The issues presented in this appeal are: (1) whether the $500,000 punitive damage award as to the 1977 sales contract was properly stricken; and (2) whether the total punitive damages awarded was properly decreased pursuant to Civ. R. 54(C). We affirm on both issues.

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This court stated in paragraph one of the syllabus in Richard v. Hunter (1949), 151 Ohio St. 185 [39 O.O. 24], that "[exemplary or punitive damages...

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