Court Opinion

ID: 9769673
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 14:58:26.773327+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:38:31.601193
License: Public Domain

DONNELLY, Judge,
concurring.
I suspect that the Court violates Article I, § 10 of the Constitution of Missouri when, in any event, it allows punitive damages and thereby “circumvent[s] due process by delegating punitive functions to private litigants and civil courts.” Grass, The Penal Dimensions of Punitive Damages, 12 Hastings Const. L.Q. 241 (1985). See also Wheeler, The Constitutional Case *438for Reforming Punitive Damages, 69 Va.L. Rev. 269 (1983).
I concur.