General Motors Corp. v. Johnston

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• $15 million punitive-damages award in products liability action for the wrongful death of a minor was remitted to $7.5 million
• trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting 251 reports of similar occurrences of engine stalling and idling
• after remittitur, upholding a $7.5 million award in an AEMLD case in which General Motors had defectively designed its 1988 Chevrolet 2500 series pickup truck and had failed to inform its customers about the tendency of the truck to stall
• examining punitive-damage awards in wrongful death cases in other jurisdictions

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