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METRO. ATLANTA RAPID TR. AUTH. v. BOSWELL

No. S91G0043.

405 S.E.2d 869 (1991)

261 Ga. 427

METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY v. BOSWELL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 16, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles N. Pursley, Jr., Paul A. Howell, Jr., Pursley, Howell, Lowery & Meeks, Michael J. Gorby, Stephanie L. Scheier, Gorby, Reeves, Moraitakis & Whiteman, and Michael E. Fisher, Marta Law Dept., Atlanta, for Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.

James Booker and Ann V. Broussard, James Booker & Associates, P.C., Atlanta, for Boswell.

BELL, Justice.

In Boswell v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, 196 Ga.App. 902, 397 S.E.2d 165 (1990), the Court of Appeals held that in a tort suit the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) may be held liable for punitive damages as well as compensatory damages. Id. at 903, 397 S.E.2d 165. The Court of Appeals based the holding...

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