KNOLL, Judge.
This appeal evolves out of an accident in which a vessel belonging to plaintiff, John Andre Bergeron, collided with a partially submerged dredge pipe on a pontoon barge belonging to defendant, Mike Hooks, Inc. (Hooks, Inc.). Hooks, Inc. appeals the jury award of $50,000 general damages for pain, suffering and disability. Bergeron and his wife, Dian, appeal the propriety of the trial court's action in directing the verdict on the issue of punitive damages...
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