Court Opinion

ID: 9623884
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 06:45:35.986167+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:51:26.651093
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Beasley, Judge,
concurring specially.
I concur. There is a legal difference between even gross negligence, which will not support punitive damages, and conscious indifference to the consequences of one’s behavior, which aggravating circumstance will support punitive damages. Considering all the evidence in favor of the verdict, there is no evidence that the conduct of defendants in this case crossed the line that stands between compensable negligence, even if it were found to be gross, and punishable conscious indifference. Cf. Hoffman v. Wells, 260 Ga. 588 (1, 3) (397 SE2d 696) (1990).