Opinion ID: 1630934
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Heading: whether the compensatory damages award was proper.

Text: ¶ 40. The Tuckiers were awarded $485,000.00 in compensatory damages, $329,000.00 of which was apportioned to Cooper. In a similar case, General Motors Corp. v. Jackson, 636 So.2d 310, 311 (Miss. 1992), we upheld a compensatory damage award of $7.15 million. ¶ 41. In Jackson, there was also a battle of the experts between the parties, with one expert asserting that the accident was caused by a defective rear axle and the other testifying that the impact of the crash caused the axle to break. Based upon the testimony of Oats, Angell, and the Tuckiers' expert witness, Nonnamaker, we find that the award of compensatory damages is proper, and the trial court is affirmed.