Choctaw Maid Farms, Inc. v. Hailey

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• finding that no punitive damage instruction was warranted by evidence of the age and condition of trailer, expired license plate, missing log book, and painted over reflectors, because these factors did not cause or contribute to the accident
• this Court held that no punitive damages were warranted where there was no “nexus” between Choctaw’s alleged gross negligence and the collision and where Choctaw’s trailer had an expired tag, was old, and was missing a log book, among other things
• $5,350,162.10 actual damages verdict affirmed
• no right to punitive damages

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