SAND HILL ENERGY, INC., Appellant,
v.
Brenda SMITH, Administratrix of the Estate of Tommy Smith; and Ford Motor Company, Appellees, and
Brenda Smith, Administratrix of the Estate of Tommy Smith, Appellant,
v.
Sand Hill Energy, Inc.; and Ford Motor Company, Appellees, and
Ford Motor Company; and Mid-East Ford Mercury, Inc., Appellants,
v.
Brenda Smith, Administratrix of the Estate of Tommy Smith; and Sand Hill Energy, Inc., Appellees.
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August 26, 2004.
August 26, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Clint Harris, Manchester, Counsel for Sand Hill Energy, Inc.
Rickey D. Bailey, Mary Latta Lee, R. Scott Madden, Manchester, Ned Miltenberg, Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, D.C., Roy Glenn Collins, McKinnley Morgan, Manchester, Sharon K. Allen, McKee, Counsel for Brenda Smith, Administratrix of the Estate of Tommy Smith.
John A. Rogovin, Brian P. Brooks, Jonathan D. Hacker, Walter E. Dellinger, III, Matthew M. Shores, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, D.C., B. Todd Thompson, Sallie Jacobs Stevens, R. Thaddeus Keal, Thompson, Miller & Simpson, P.L.C., Louisville, Amy Crosland Sullivan, Arlington, VA, Counsel for Ford Motor Company.
John A. Rogovin, Brian P. Brooks, O'Melveny & Meyers, Washington, D.C., B. Todd Thompson, Thompson, Miller & Simpson, Louisville, Amy Crosland Sullivan, Arlington, VA, Counsel for Mid-East Ford Mercury, Inc.
Virginia Hamilton Snell, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, Evan M. Tager, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C., Hugh F. Young, Jr., Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Reston, VA, Jay C. Johnson, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, D.C., Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Bridget H. Papalia, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, Henry P. Sorett, Cynthia D. Craig, Brickley, Sears & Sorett, Boston, MA, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Equitable Resources, Inc.
Bridget H. Papalia, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, Henry P. Sorett, Cynthia D. Craig, Brickley, Sears & Sorett, Boston, MA, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Equitable Production Company.
Bridget H. Papalia, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Associated Industries of Kentucky.
Bridget H. Papalia, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, Counsel for Amicus Curiae, Kentucky Oil and Gas Association.
Supreme Court of Kentucky.
Opinion of the Court by Justice KELLER.
I. INTRODUCTION, PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND, AND ISSUE
In a 4-3 plurality decision in Sand Hill Energy, Inc. v. Ford Motor Company,1 this Court reversed a decision of the Court of Appeals and reinstated a $3 million compensatory award and $15 million of the original $20 million punitive damages award in this wrongful death action. When Sand Hill I became final, Ford Motor Company...
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