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GRIMES v. JONES

No. 04A03-8910-CV-457.

567 N.E.2d 858 (1991)

Douglas M. GRIMES, Victor Thornton, Martin S. Yuriga, and Mae Tyler, As Administratrix of the Estate of Glenn Tyler, Deceased, Appellants (Defendants below), v. Ernest JONES, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

March 13, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dock McDowell, Jr., Gary, for Gary Community School Corp. and Mae Tyler, as Administratrix of the Estate of Glenn Tyler, Deceased.

Julian B. Allen, Gary, for Douglas M. Grimes, Victor Thornton and Martin S. Yuriga.

Charles H. Graddick, Gary, for Ernest Jones.

STATON, Judge.

The appellants appeal an adverse judgment for $400,000 in punitive damages, presenting twenty-three issues for our consideration. We address only the following issue, however, because our treatment of it merits reversal:

Whether a judgment for only punitive damages may stand absent an award of compensatory or nominal damages.

In January of 1980, Ernest Jones was appointed Superintendent of the Gary Community School Corporation (GCSC...

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