LIBERATORE v. THOMPSON

No. 1 CA-CIV 9212.

157 Ariz. 612 (1988)

760 P.2d 612

Ralph LIBERATORE, a single man, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ennis THOMPSON and Marcia Thompson, husband and wife, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

Review Dismissed September 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Snyder, Robens and Wenne by Howard M. Snyder and Paul G. Ulrich, Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lewis and Roca by John P. Frank, Gary G. May, Janet Napolitano and Susan M. Freeman, Phoenix, for defendants-appellees.


OPINION

FIDEL, Judge.

Plaintiff Liberatore won a jury verdict of $90,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages for injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Plaintiff appeals from the trial court's order granting defendants Thompsons' motion for new trial.

Defendants neither contested their liability nor their susceptibility to punitive damages. Ennis Thompson admitted that he was driving while intoxicated, that he struck a car...

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