Court Opinion

ID: 9635005
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:32:08.133976+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:09:14.449967
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Justice GRAVES.
I join Justice Cooper’s dissent. However, I write separately to address the issue of excessive damages. An award of nearly one-half million dollars for an isolated incident is grossly disproportionate. These entry-level minimum wage seasonal employees failed to offer sufficient proof to justify such actual damages. The only rational explanation for this bonanza is that the award was intended to punish the City of Louisville. In these claims, punitive damages are not authorized by law. In fact, rewards of this nature will offer stiff competition to the lottery.
I would sua sponte remand to the circuit court for a new trial.