Court Opinion

ID: 9726634
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 13:01:08.66597+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:14:45.178776
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BAKER, Chief Judge,
dissenting in part.
I respectfully dissent from the majority’s conclusion regarding the punitive damages award. I acknowledge our Supreme Court’s discussion of punitive damages in Stroud v. Lints, 790 N.E.2d 440 (Ind.2003). In this case, however, I believe that the appellants’ conduct on the night in question was so egregious, so malicious, and so brutal that the relatively nominal punitive damages award of $60,000 is warranted. Therefore, I would affirm the trial court’s punitive damages award. In all other respects, I concur with the majority.