Court Opinion

ID: 9589067
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:41:18.910329+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:25:45.568478
License: Public Domain

Birdsong, Presiding Judge,
concurring specially.
I concur with the majority opinion; however, recent decisions rendered in a number of jurisdictions justify the conclusion that legal barriers to the award of punitive damages in contracts are, being lowered. It has been noted that some recent decisions sanctioning the award of punitive damages in contracts do not manifest much concern as to whether the plaintiff’s claim falls on the tort or contract side of the borderline (see 61 Mercer Law Rev. 207 (1977)).
The legal barrier OCGA § 13-6-10 remains in place in Georgia.