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GRANITE CONST. CO. v. RHYNE

No. 20449.

817 P.2d 711 (1991)

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and the State of Nevada, ex rel. Department of Highways, Appellants and Cross-Respondents, v. Tracy Lynn RHYNE and Charles W. Rhyne, Respondents and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

October 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry & Spann and Thierry V. Barkley, Reno, for appellants and cross-respondents.

Victor G. Drakulich, Reno, for respondents and cross-appellants.

Hamilton & Lynch, Reno, for amicus curiae, Ass'n of Trial Lawyers of America and Nevada Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

OPINION

SPRINGER, Justice:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Second Judicial District Court entered on a unanimous jury verdict for compensatory and punitive damages. Although other errors are assigned,1 the principal question is whether the trial judge, the Honorable Jerry Carr Whitehead, erred in allowing the verdict for punitive damages to stand against Granite Construction Company. We hold that Judge Whitehead committed...

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