PORTER v. TURNER

No. 276,2007.

954 A.2d 308 (2008)

Eddie PORTER and Commercial Truck Services, Inc., Defendants Below, Appellants, v. Robert L. TURNER, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: June 20, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael I. Silverman of Silverman McDonald & Friedman, Wilmington, Delaware for appellants.

Roger D. Landon of Murphy & Landon, Wilmington, Delaware for appellee.

Before STEELE, Chief Justice, HOLLAND and JACOBS, Justices.


STEELE, Chief Justice.

A Superior Court jury found defendant-appellant Eddie Porter responsible for an automobile accident in Newark and awarded plaintiff-appellee Robert Turner $538,000 compensatory damages and $107,000 punitive damages. Porter argues that a Superior Court judge erred when he (1) denied Porter's motion for a directed verdict on punitive damages, (2) admitted Turner's economist's lost income and future medical...

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