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DOE v. ISAACS

Record No. 021513.

579 S.E.2d 174 (2003)

265 Va. 531

John DOE v. Maureen B. ISAACS, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 17, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry H. Davis, Jr. (Harris, Fears, Davis & McDaniel, on briefs), Norfolk, for appellant.

Edward H. Halloran, Virginia Beach, for appellees.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KOONTZ, KINSER, and LEMONS, JJ., and CARRICO and COMPTON, S.JJ.

OPINION BY Senior Justice A. CHRISTIAN COMPTON.

The sole issue in these tort actions is whether the evidence supports a judgment for common law punitive damages.

On April 1, 1999, an automobile operated by plaintiff Allen Leonard Isaacs, in which his wife, plaintiff Maureen B. Isaacs, was a front-seat passenger, was struck from the rear in the City of Virginia Beach by an automobile operated by an unknown motorist.

Subsequently, the plaintiffs filed...

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