ANDERSON v. LATHAM TRUCKING CO.


728 S.W.2d 752 (1987)

Frances ANDERSON, Appellant, v. LATHAM TRUCKING CO., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

April 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney R. Seals, Sexton, Sexton, Beaty & Seals, Oneida, for appellant.

Thomas I. Carlton, Jr., Richard L. Colbert, Cornelius & Collins, Nashville, for amicus curiae Sofco Erectors, Inc.

W. Edward Parrott, Poore, Cox, Baker, Ray & Byrne, Knoxville, for appellee.

Jerry H. Summers, Thomas L. Wyatt, Summers & McCrea, P.C., Chattanooga, for amicus curiae.


OPINION

FONES, Justice.

We limited the grant of plaintiff's Rule Eleven application to the issue of whether evidence of a defendant's financial condition is necessary or essential to sustain an award of punitive damages.

On 27 November 1983, plaintiff was preparing to move her disabled vehicle from the shoulder of Highway 27 in Scott County, Tennessee. Although plaintiff's automobile was completely outside the white line demarking the outer edge...

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