Ponce De Leon Condominiums v. DiGirolamo

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• holding that a jury award of $1,000 in nominal damages was not excessive
• same testimony that authorized jury’s award of punitive damages also provided authorization for jury to find that appellants acted in bad faith
• same testimony that authorized jury’s award of punitive damages also provided authorization for jury to find that appellants acted in bad faith
• “To authorize the imposition of punitive or exemplary damages, there must be evidence of willful misconduct, malice, fraud, wantonness, or oppression, or that entire want of care which would raise the presumption of a conscious indifference to consequences.” (punctuation omitted)
• “The same testimony as to the appellee’s early, persistent, and unheeded complaints which authorizes the verdict for punitive damages in this case also provides authorization for the jury’s finding that the appellants acted in bad faith in failing to correct the run-off problem.”
• “The same testimony as to the appellee’s early, persistent, and unheeded complaints which authorizes the verdict for punitive damages in this case also provides authorization for the jury’s finding that the appellants acted in bad faith in failing to correct the run-off problem.”

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