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LOWE v. RALPH

No. CA 97-1056.

966 S.W.2d 283 (1998)

61 Ark.App. 231

Ruel LOWE, Special Administrator of The Estate of Ira E. Lowe, Deceased, Appellant, v. Mike RALPH and Cleta Ralph, Individually, In Their Own Rights, and as Parents and Next Friends of Tommy A. Ralph, Deceased, and Eric Michael Ralph, Mike Ralph, Individually Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas, Division I.

April 8, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Munson, Julia L. Busfield, Little Rock, for Appellant.

Phillip J. Milligan, Fort Smith, for Appellee.

ROAF, Judge.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in favor of the appellees, who were plaintiffs in a negligence case. The jury found that Ira Lowe, deceased, was negligent in causing the death of the appellees' sixteen-year-old son in an automobile accident, and awarded $500,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages. The punitive damages were awarded based upon willful and wanton conduct by Lowe, who was intoxicated when the accident occurred...

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