The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed a trial court's decision to award a couple $13 million in punitive damages in a wrongful death suit against DaimlerChrysler. The lawsuit said the couple's 8-month-old was riding in the backseat of a 1998 Dodge Caravan when the vehicle was rear-ended, causing the front passenger seat to collapse and the passenger to strike him. However, the justices reversed a lower court's decision to award the victim's mother over $6 million in punitive damages for emotional distress.
July 28, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed a trial court’s decision to award a couple $13 million in punitive damages in a wrongful death lawsuit against DaimlerChrysler Corp.
The lawsuit said 8-month-old Joshua Flax was riding in the backseat of a 1998 Dodge Caravan in Nashville in 2001 when the vehicle was rear-ended, causing the front passenger seat to collapse and the passenger to strike him, fracturing his skull.
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