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ERIE INS. CO. v. HICKMAN BY SMITH

No. 29S02-9212-CV-1043.

605 N.E.2d 161 (1992)

ERIE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant (Defendant below), v. Ramona HICKMAN, BY Her Next Friend, Nancy SMITH, and Nancy Smith, Individually Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 31, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Smith, Michael P. Bishop, Bishop Smith & Bishop, Indianapolis, for appellant.

Max D. Rynearson, Rynearson & Associates, Indianapolis, for appellee.

DICKSON, Justice.

When defendant-appellant Erie Insurance Company denied the uninsured motorist coverage claims of plaintiffs-appellees Nancy Smith and her daughter Ramona Hickman for damages resulting from an intersection accident, the plaintiffs brought suit and, after jury trial, received judgment for compensatory damages totalling $2,150.72 and punitive damages of $11,000. Erie appealed, claiming the award of punitive damages was not supported by sufficient evidence...

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