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AINSWORTH v. COMBINED INS. CO. OF AMER.

No. 17625.

774 P.2d 1003 (1989)

Thomas AINSWORTH, Appellant, v. COMBINED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

May 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Chase Neumann, Bradley & Drendel, Reno, for appellant.

Mortimer, Sourwine, Mousel, Sloane & Knobel, Reno, Lionel Sawyer & Collins, and M. Kristina Pickering and Steve Morris, Las Vegas, Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., New Haven, Conn., for respondent.

Laura FitzSimmons, Carson City, for amicus curiae.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

On October 26, 1988, in an opinion authored by former Chief Justice E.M. Gunderson,1 this court unanimously concluded that substantial evidence supported the jury's assessment of $5,939,500 in punitive damages against respondent Combined Insurance Company of America (Combined). Accordingly, we reversed the district court's judgment notwithstanding the jury's verdict, reinstated the jury's assessment of punitive...

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