Opinion ID: 1765925
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Heading: did the punitive damages award violate the excessive fines clause of the eighth amendment to the united states constitution?

Text: Saxton perfunctorily asserts that the punitive damage award in this case violates the Eighth Amendment. No supporting authority is cited and less than one page is devoted to this argument. Under our familiar rule, we will not consider such a perfunctory argument unsupported by authority. Devereaux v. Devereaux, 493 So.2d 1310, 1314 (Miss. 1986). There is no merit to this assignment of error. The grant of permanent injunction, compensatory damages and punitive damages is affirmed. AFFIRMED. HAWKINS, P.J., and PRATHER, ROBERTSON, ANDERSON, GRIFFIN and ZUCCARO, JJ., concur. ROY NOBLE LEE, C.J., and DAN M. LEE, P.J., not participating.