After arguing for the defense that Georgia’s Constitution failed to guarantee the right to jury-determined punitive damages in the landmark appellate case of Taylor v. Devereux, attorney Laurie Webb Daniel has succeeded at exceeding the state’s $250,000 punitive damages cap on behalf of a plaintiff in an unrelated business dispute.

Having secured a $3.8 million breach of fiduciary duty judgment, the Webb Daniel Friedlander managing partner credits the preservation of $300,000 awarded in punitive damages to the jury’s determination that the defendant “acted with specific intent to harm.”

‘Wanted His Cake’

Laurie Webb Daniel, & Jeff Sandman of Webb Daniel Friedlander, and Harold T. Daniel Jr. of Holland & Knight. Courtesy photos Laurie Webb Daniel, Jeff Sandman and Harold T. Daniel Jr. of Webb Daniel Friedlander. (Courtesy photos)