Case Name: Harkcom et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. Ohio Power Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1994-02-16
Citations: 68 Ohio St. 3d 305
Docket Number: No. 92-2479
Parties: Harkcom et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. Ohio Power Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.
Judges: Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Third Service
Volume: 68
Pages: 305–305

Head Matter:
Harkcom et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. Ohio Power Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.
[Cite as Harkcom v. Ohio Power Co. (1994), 68 Ohio St.3d 305.]
(No. 92-2479
Submitted January 11, 1994
Decided February 16, 1994.)
Spangenberg, Shibley, Traci, Lancione & Liber, Ellen Simon Sacks and James A. Marx, for appellants and cross-appellees.
Day, Ketterer, Raley, Wright & Rybolt, James R. Blake and Merle D. Evans III, for appellee and cross-appellant.

Opinion:
The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed. The awards of $500,000 for compensatory damages and $200,000 for loss of consortium are reinstated. The award of $500,000 for punitive damages is vacated on the authority of Preston v. Murty (1987), 32 Ohio St.3d 334, 512 N.E.2d 1174.
Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E. Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.