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EVERHART v. O'CHARLEY'S INC.

No. COA08-1454.

683 S.E.2d 728 (2009)

Katherine Hanna EVERHART, Plaintiff, v. O'CHARLEY'S INC., Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morrow Alexander Porter & Whitley, PLLC, by John Carl Vermitsky, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., by D. Blaine Sanders and Andrew W.J. Tarr, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

GEER, Judge.

Defendant O'Charley's Inc. appeals from a judgment entered following a bifurcated trial in which plaintiff Katherine Hanna Everhart was awarded $10,000.00 in compensatory damages in the first phase of the trial and $350,000.00 in punitive damages in the second phase. The trial court subsequently reduced the punitive damages award to $250,000.00. On appeal, O'Charley's only challenges the punitive damages award, arguing that the trial court erred in denying...

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